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MESQUITE LOCAL NEWS THE WEEK OF SEPT. 15, 2016 Vol. 12, No. 48 NPA 2015 GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD GET DAILY NEWS AT www.mesquitelocalnews.com Sign up to get our daily newsleer with the day’s headlines! Dawgs footballs win second straight Page 3B Art by Invitation Page 3B SPORTS COMMUNITY > See 9-11, Page 6A COURTS ATTORNEY GENERAL CITY COUNCIL > See COUNCIL, Page 6A MEMORIAL By Barbara Ellestad MLN Editor Even after 15 years, it’s not too hard for Mesquite citizens to commemorate one of the worst days in American history as more than 100 of them attended the Mesquite Exchange Club’s ceremony in front of City Hall Sunday night. Beginning the evening’s event were Ian McOmie, the newest member of the Mesquite Police Depart- ment, and Travis Leavitt, the newest member of the Mesquite Fire Department, who led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. Continuing the tradition of honoring first respond- ers, Mesquite Fire Department Chief Kash Christo- pher and Sergeant Chris Rowley from the Mesquite Police Department laid a wreath in memory of those By Barbara Ellestad MLN Editor Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt will kick off a southern tour of the state on Monday, Sept. 19, in Mesquite. The public is invited to meet with Laxalt in the City Council Chambers beginning at 10:30 a.m. In a telephone in- terview with the Mes- quite Local News, Laxalt said “during my campaign for of - fice, we realized that a lot of people don’t know what the AG’s office does. We do a lot of great things and with this new ad- ministration, we’ve done a lot of things for the first time. We’ve already gotten feedback [from the northern tour] on things we can do better or new things we can do.” The tour is modeled after those that his grandfather did while serving as Nevada Governor in the late 1960s. “He felt it was important to try to get Carson City out and around the state. By Barbara Ellestad MLN Editor Working under short timelines, the Mes- quite City Council approved a five-person committee to work on a new city charter at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 13. David Ballweg and Mike Benham, both council election candidates, along with George Gault, CEO of Mesquite Regional Business Inc., and Karen Beardsley volunteered to work on the charter that must be complet - ed by mid-November in order to submit it to the Nevada State Legislature for its 2017 session. Aaron Baker, city liaison officer, will serve on the committee as ex-officio for the council while city attorney Bob Sweetin will provide legal counsel. The council had four options to choose from when determining how to form a citi - zen committee. The first three would have been very time consuming and delay ac - tion on the charter, Sweetin told the coun- cil. First, four council members could have appointed one person while the mayor and mayor pro tem could have two appoint - ments. The city manager would have been allowed to appoint one person. The second option would have been a general call to the public to submit applica - tions from which the council would have selected people to serve on the committee. The third option was a hybrid of the first two. By Barbara Ellestad MLN Editor To say the wheels of justice turn slowly may be the biggest understatement as- sociated with a criminal trial against for- mer Virgin Valley Water District Chief Hydrologist Michael “Boomer” Johnson and his alleged co-conspirator Robert Coache, former Deputy State Engineer, State of Nevada Division of Water Re- sources. After 10 previous delays, subpoenas for various witnesses were sent out over the last two weeks with the opening trial date set for Sept. 19. But once again, the trial has been delayed until Nov 7. The last delay in April was the 10th time the trial had been delayed, all at the request of the defendants. Even as late as Sept. 8, attorneys for Johnson and Coache had requested another delay. However, presiding District Court Judge Richard F. Scotti denied the request say- ing in the court record that the “Trial in this case has been continued many times. The last continuance was at Calendar Call on April 12, 2016. The Court reset the trial date for Sept. 19. “The parties have known about this new date for five months. The court is not inclined to reset the trial date once again, absent a stipula- tion from all parties or a noticed motion showing very compelling grounds, other than press of business or a competing trial schedule.” This time the lead prosecuting at- torney, Deputy District Attorney Mark DiGiacomo, asked for the continuance since he is involved in a three-defendant homicide trial that began Sept. 12 and is expected to last three weeks, according to his spokesperson. It’s been six years since Johnson and Coache were charged with 25 counts of criminal conduct stemming from a sale of water rights in 2008 involving local wealthy businessman John Lonetti. The charges against the two men in- clude extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion by a public officer, receiving a bribe by a public officer, conspiracy to commit receiving a bribe by a public offi- cer, misconduct of a public officer, mon- ey laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Johnson, Coache, Lonetti and former Virgin Valley Water District General Manager Michael Winters, allegedly ar- ranged for water purchases and trades in 2008 with Southern Nevada Water Charter committee approved Children are warmly welcomed by Mesquite firefighters including Ja- son Blakely, right, to a September 11 commemoration ceremony held at City Hall. Mesquite remembers 9-11 Barbara Ellestad photos A local child too young to remember the tragedy is greeted by Karen Hughes, right, a Mesquite firefighter, at the city’s Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony. Trial of former hydrologist, deputy state engineer delayed Laxalt set to visit Mesquite > See LAXALT, Page 9A > See TRIAL, Page 9A
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CoMMUNItY
> See 9-11, Page 6A
CoUrts
AttorNEY GENErAL
CItY CoUNCIL
> See COUNCIL, Page 6A
MEMorIAL
By Barbara EllestadMLN Editor
Even after 15 years, it’s not too hard for Mesquite citizens to commemorate one of the worst days in American history as more than 100 of them attended the Mesquite Exchange Club’s ceremony in front of City Hall Sunday night.
Beginning the evening’s event were Ian McOmie, the newest member of the Mesquite Police Depart-ment, and Travis Leavitt, the newest member of the Mesquite Fire Department, who led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Continuing the tradition of honoring first respond-ers, Mesquite Fire Department Chief Kash Christo-pher and Sergeant Chris Rowley from the Mesquite Police Department laid a wreath in memory of those By Barbara Ellestad
MLN Editor
Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt will kick off a southern tour of the state on Monday, Sept. 19, in Mesquite. The public is invited to meet with Laxalt in the City Council Chambers beginning at 10:30 a.m.
In a telephone in-terview with the Mes-quite Local News, Laxalt said “during my campaign for of-fice, we realized that a lot of people don’t know what the AG’s office does. We do a lot of great things and with this new ad-ministration, we’ve done a lot of things for the first time. We’ve already gotten feedback [from the northern tour] on things we can do better or new things we can do.”
The tour is modeled after those that his grandfather did while serving as Nevada Governor in the late 1960s.
“He felt it was important to try to get Carson City out and around the state.
By Barbara EllestadMLN Editor
Working under short timelines, the Mes-quite City Council approved a five-person committee to work on a new city charter at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 13. David Ballweg and Mike Benham, both council election candidates, along with George Gault, CEO of Mesquite Regional Business Inc., and Karen Beardsley volunteered to work on the charter that must be complet-ed by mid-November in order to submit it to the Nevada State Legislature for its 2017 session. Aaron Baker, city liaison officer, will serve on the committee as ex-officio for the council while city attorney Bob Sweetin will provide legal counsel.
The council had four options to choose from when determining how to form a citi-zen committee. The first three would have been very time consuming and delay ac-tion on the charter, Sweetin told the coun-cil. First, four council members could have appointed one person while the mayor and mayor pro tem could have two appoint-ments. The city manager would have been allowed to appoint one person.
The second option would have been a general call to the public to submit applica-tions from which the council would have selected people to serve on the committee. The third option was a hybrid of the first two.
By Barbara EllestadMLN Editor
To say the wheels of justice turn slowly may be the biggest understatement as-sociated with a criminal trial against for-mer Virgin Valley Water District Chief Hydrologist Michael “Boomer” Johnson and his alleged co-conspirator Robert Coache, former Deputy State Engineer, State of Nevada Division of Water Re-sources.
After 10 previous delays, subpoenas for various witnesses were sent out over the last two weeks with the opening trial date set for Sept. 19. But once again, the trial has been delayed until Nov 7.
The last delay in April was the 10th time the trial had been delayed, all at the request of the defendants. Even as late as Sept. 8, attorneys for Johnson and
Coache had requested another delay. However, presiding District Court Judge Richard F. Scotti denied the request say-ing in the court record that the “Trial in this case has been continued many times. The last continuance was at Calendar Call on April 12, 2016. The Court reset the trial date for Sept. 19. “The parties have known about this new date for five months. The court is not inclined to reset the trial date once again, absent a stipula-tion from all parties or a noticed motion showing very compelling grounds, other than press of business or a competing trial schedule.”
This time the lead prosecuting at-torney, Deputy District Attorney Mark DiGiacomo, asked for the continuance since he is involved in a three-defendant homicide trial that began Sept. 12 and is expected to last three weeks, according
to his spokesperson.It’s been six years since Johnson and
Coache were charged with 25 counts of criminal conduct stemming from a sale of water rights in 2008 involving local wealthy businessman John Lonetti.
The charges against the two men in-clude extortion, conspiracy to commit extortion by a public officer, receiving a bribe by a public officer, conspiracy to commit receiving a bribe by a public offi-cer, misconduct of a public officer, mon-ey laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Johnson, Coache, Lonetti and former Virgin Valley Water District General Manager Michael Winters, allegedly ar-ranged for water purchases and trades in 2008 with Southern Nevada Water
chartercommitteeapproved
Children are warmly welcomed by Mesquite firefighters including Ja-son Blakely, right, to a September 11 commemoration ceremony held at City Hall.
Mesquite remembers 9-11Barbara Ellestad photos
A local child too young to remember the tragedy is greeted by Karen Hughes, right, a Mesquite firefighter, at the city’s Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony.
Trial of former hydrologist, deputy state engineer delayed
laxalt set to visit Mesquite
> See LAXALT, Page 9A > See TRIAL, Page 9A
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Editor’s note: The following was tak-en from the pages of the Mesquite Police Department blotter from Sept. 4-10.
sEpt. 4Traffic Stop: An officer conducted
a traffic stop after learning the driver had an active warrant out of Mesquite Municipal Court. The warrant was con-firmed and the male driver was arrested and transported to the Mesquite Deten-tion Center where he was booked on the warrant.
Theft from Vehicle: Officer respond-ed to a Hillside Drive park on a report of a theft from a vehicle. Officer obtained statements from the victims and a report was taken.
Welfare Check: Officers conducted a welfare check on a female subject on Colleen Court. The female was found to be ok and said she would call the Police if she needed help.
Hit & Run: Officers responded to a commercial parking lot on West Pioneer Boulevard in reference to a hit and run accident. After an investigation officers identified and located a suspect, who was charged with leaving the scene and obstruction.
sEpt. 5Battery on person: Officers re-
sponded to a fight in progress on West Mesquite Boulevard. Upon arrival, se-curity pointed out one of the partici-pants leaving in a vehicle. After the of-ficer made contact with the individual it was discovered he was DUI. Additional charges stemmed from complaints from the altercation.
Agency Assistance: An officer re-sponded to a medical call on Pulsipher Lane, where a male subject was found to be deceased. The coroner’s office re-sponded and found the male passed away of natural causes.
Found Property: Officer responded to the lobby of the police department on a re-port of recovered property. Officer took cus-tody and will attempt to locate the owner.
Domestic Trouble: Officers re-sponded to a local residence regarding damage to property on Riverside Drive. After further investigation an adult male was arrested for domestic battery.
Weapon Offense: Officers respond-ed to an East Pioneer Boulevard ca-sino parking lot for a report of a verbal dispute where a weapon had been dis-played and threats made. Officers made contact with all involved parties and a
report was completed.Controlled Substance Problem:
Officers responded to a West Mesquite Boulevard pawn shop for a suspicious male driving a U-haul truck.
Civil Dispute: Officer responded to a verbal dispute between an adult male and male juvenile on Riverside Drive. The parties were separated and the adult male left for the night.
sEpt. 6Domestic Violence IP: Female is re-
porting a domestic battery that occurred at a local casino on West Mesquite Bou-levard.
Trespassing IP: Officers responded to a casino reference a trespass violator. After attempting to speak with the male, he refused to leave property and was placed under arrest.
Controlled Substance Problem: Officers responded to a Mesa Boulevard hotel in reference to a suspicious cir-cumstance involving a hotel room.
Miscellaneous CAD Call Record: Officer responded to a Moss Drive resi-dence reference a suspicious situation involving a female who is recently de-ceased.
sEpt. 7Vandalism: An officer conducted a West
Old Mill Road park check and discovered graffiti in the park. A report was taken.
Vandalism: An officer was conduct-ing a West Old Mill Road park check when property damage was discovered to the trail system lights. A report was taken.
Property Damage, Non Vandal-ism: An officer responded to a property damage report on West Mesquite Bou-levard private property. A report was completed.
Fighting: An officer took a report on a fight on Megan Circle. The suspect was later located and issued a citation.
Domestic Trouble: Officers re-sponded to a domestic on Mesa Boule-vard which was no longer in progress. Information was gathered and the in-vestigation is ongoing.
sEpt. 8Welfare Check: Officer responded
and conducted a welfare check on an individual on West Pioneer Boulevard. Everything appeared to be normal.
Burglary IP: Officers responded on
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 151 total incidents in the blotter:
Agency assistance 5Alarm 9Animal complaint 2Animal Pick up 2Assault 1Background investigation 1Battery 1Burglary 1Citizens assist 10Civil dispute 3Controlled substance problem 5Disorderly conduct 1Domestic Trouble 4Domestic violence 1Driving under the influence 4Fighting 1Fire 1Fireworks 1Found property 1Fraud 1
Hit and Run 3Juvenile problem 1K9 search 1Keep the peace 2Minor possessing/ consuming alcohol 1Miscellaneous CAD call record 8Noise disturbance 3Person on foot 7Property damage, non-vandalism 1Reckless driver 3Recovered stolen vehicle 1Stolen vehicle 1Suicidal Person 1Suspicious person 16Suspicious vehicle 4Theft 2Theft from vehicle 1Threatening 2Traffic accident w/o injury 2Traffic problem 2Traffic stop 4Trespassing 4Unknown problem 3Unsecure premise 1Vandalism 2Verbal dispute 3VIN number inspection 4Wanted person 2Weapon Offense 1Welfare check 7
fire cAlls Mesquite Fire & Rescue submits the following call statistics for the week of Sept.
5-11..Total Calls For Service: 54*911 Transports: 21Non Transports: 16Inter-facility Transports: 13Fire Related Incidents: 5
sept. 7e-11, T-11, r-31: Responded to Virgin Valley High School for a fire alarm in an occu-
pied School. Responders arrived to find no visible smoke or fire. Reports indicated that a smoke alarm had been set off in the culinary arts class during cooking. Area check confirmed no fire.
B-shift conducted shelter in place drill at Charles Hughes Middle School. sept. 9e-11, e-31, r-31, r-11: Responded to a home in the area of Riverside Road and
Hafen Lane for a combination fire/medical alarm. Responders arrived with no visible smoke or fire. Home was secure and unit was unable to gain entry or see inside. Dis-patch and alarm company attempted contact with homeowner without success. Units cleared with no evidence of an emergency.
sept. 10T-11, r-11: Units responded to a home in Sun City for a report of “heavy smoke”
coming from the roof. Responders arrived with no visible smoke or fire. Homeowner reports that his barbecue grill had caught fire while he was cooking but he quickly put it out. Confirmed no ongoing issue and units cleared.
Non Transports include: Patient refusals, lift assists, patient deceased at scene, no patient found, no incident found, Incidents handled by other agen-cies.
* Call totals do not always add up to the Total Calls For Service due to mul-tiple patients/incident types at a single incident.
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Baty, Nichole AMesquite9/6/16False information/ObstructingResisting arrestPossession of drug paraphernalia
Benedict, Thomas JRichmond, TX9/9/16Jail housing agreement
Bowman, Jeremy MBunkerville9/10/16Driving w/o a valid DLDUI
Braley, Shane ASanta Clara, UT9/7/16Jail housing agreement
Brostrom, Bradley JSt. George, UTJail housing agreement
Bute, Robin KMesquite9/9/16Possession of drug paraphernalia
Carter, Maurice A
Salt Lake City, UT9/9/16Possession of controlled substancePossession of drug paraphernalia
Cawley, Michael GBellevue, WA9/6/15Trespassing
Cortez, Gregory JMesquite9/4/16Contempt of Court
Donovan, Michael GHouston, TX9/9/16Petit Larceny
Fullmer, Lori ABunkerville9/9/16DUIFailure to maintain travel lane
Garcia, JasonConverse, TX9/6/16Failure to appear
Garcia, Saige CLas VegasJail housing agreement
Gould, Tynan MSt. George, UT9/10/16Jail housing agreement
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fight to replace reid in Senate becoming a proxy war
Fair treatment looks like bias to those who are accustomed to being shown obsequious defer-ence.
Once again federal lawyers who have been handed a rejection of their legal ar-guments by a federal judge are claiming that their case was not weak but that the judge is biased.
After having their case summarily thrown out in the 92-year-old lawsuit, U.S. v. Walker River Irrigation District, federal lawyers are asking that the judge in the case be recused, alleging he is biased against the federal govern-ment, according to an account in the Mineral County Independent-News.
The case involves a question of which party has the rights to certain waters in the Walker River basin. U.S. District Judge Robert Jones sided with the ir-rigation district.
In January, federal lawyers managed to get the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap-peals to toss Judge Jones off the 25-year-old land and water rights case involving the Hage ranching family of Nevada by
using a bias claim.A longtime Nevada practitioner be-
fore the 9th Circuit said, “The Circuit’s action in Hage was highly unusual. The 9th Circuit often reverses district courts, and occasionally reassigns cases, but it is rare for them to make a finding of actual bias.”
Rare but perhaps not rare enough.Apparently a judge’s hard-earned,
keen-eyed experience constitutes bias to the appellate court. All Judge Jones did was accuse government officials of entering into “a literal, intentional con-spiracy to deprive the Hages not only of their permits but also of their vested water rights. This behavior shocks the conscience …”
He ruled that the government had interfered in the case by urging others to apply for Hage’s grazing permits, by ap-plying themselves for Hage’s water rights and by issuing trespass notices against witnesses soon after they had testified. All in a day’s work for a federal bureau-crat in the eyes of the appellate court?
In the Walker River case the feds
found evidence of bias in the fact that Judge Jones had stated, “I believe in con-stitutional rights. I believe in protecting the rights of the Native Americans and in property rights that have been rec-ognized over time, I believe in that and that’s my agenda.”
Then, according to federal lawyers, there is this damning comment from the judge, “[E]ven though the govern-ment in many cases didn’t have the right to insist upon a permit … nevertheless, the government in many cases has insisted upon it. ... I don’t like and never have liked the BLM’s or Forest Service’s arrogant presumption that they could assess to people for … trespass, their own travel costs, office costs, sitting in their big chair already paid for by the American taxpayer.”
How dare he show prejudice against bureaucrats hell bent on running rough shod over the rights of the serfs! Who does he think he is, a federal judge?
The prosecutors also took issue with how the judge ruled against them, saying, “In ruling on the motions to
dismiss, Judge Jones determined, sua sponte, that all of the water right claims of the United States were barred by res judicata or, in the alternative, laches. Yet, no motion to dismiss was based on either res judicata or laches and the United States never had the opportunity to substantively address the legal and factual merits of any such claims.”
Sua sponte is legalese for acting on his own accord, while res judicata means the matter has already been settled by the courts and laches means time has run out — after only 92 years?
In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court has said that it is a “long-recognized inher-ent power of Federal District Courts, acting on their own initiative, to dismiss cases that have remained dormant because of the inaction or dilatoriness of the parties …”
Knowing the track record of the uber-liberal 9th Circuit, we suspect Judge Jones will get the boot again and this case will drag on for another century or so, but, if justice is ever to be served, things need to change. — TM
EdItorIAL
One person’s bias is another’s fact-based judgment call
opINIoN
> See MITCHELL, Page 5A
thoMAs MItChELLCoMMENtArY
> See MATHEIS, Page 5A
Be careful with whom you pick a fight. They might fight back with some heavy artillery.
For years Harry Reid has been obsessively ranting and mewl-ing about the wealthy Koch brothers, Charles and David, for deigning to spend their own money to express their free speech rights. He has pejoratively mentioned the brothers from the well of the Senate more than 130 times.
He even has a page on his official Senate website devoted to lambasting the brothers Koch. According to the 17 talking points on the page, the Kochs want to pollute the air, foul the water, dismantle Social Security, Medicare, ObamaCare, minimum wage laws and public education.
Though the Koch brothers this elec-tion season are largely staying out of presidential politics, they are pouring money into Nevada in an effort to help a Republican capture Reid’s Sen-ate seat, now that he is retiring. They have already spent $6 million backing Republican Rep. Joe Heck and attacking former state Attorney General Cath-erine Cortez Masto, Reid’s hand-picked Democrat successor, according to ThinkProgess, a liberal website.
Freedom Partners Action Fund, a su-per PAC that is part of the Koch broth-ers’ network, currently is spending more than $600,000 on a television ad accusing Cortez Masto of outsourcing legal work to a D.C. law firm that later contributed to her election campaign, calling her a special interest politician.
According to the latest polls, Heck and Cortez Masto are tied, even though Democrats outnumber Republicans in Nevada by more than 70,000 registered voters.
A story in the Las Vegas newspa-per recently reported that the Kochs’ Americans For Prosperity is working on a so-called ground game to challenge Reid’s vaunted army of union volun-teers who bus casino workers to the polls with pre-selected sample ballots.
The Kochs are putting their money where their mouths are.
Reid seems to think that money alone will persuade people, but there also has to be believable content in the message. Reid has pounded the Kochs so often he sounds like a broken record. His criticism seems downright hypocritical
when the Senate minority leader can call a press conference at the drop of a hat and get coverage from a vast major-ity of the broadcast and print media — without spending a dime.
It looks like a proxy war is now breaking out, with the Koch brothers’ independent support of Heck’s senato-rial campaign becoming the target of a nearly million-dollar television ad campaign by a group called the League of Conservation Voters.
The ad makes a non sequitur attempt to somehow link the fact the Koch brothers’ got filthy rich in the oil busi-ness — while most of us just got filthy in the grease orchard, but that’s a story for another day — to an alleged antipathy on Heck’s part for renewable energy.
The ad claims Heck’s alleged favorit-ism toward oil risks Nevada wind and solar energy jobs, even though less than 1 percent of electricity in this country is produced with oil.
As for jobs, it is the League of Con-servation Voters that is attacking jobs. According to its own website, it pushes for a tougher Endangered Species Act, which kills jobs, opposes drilling any-where, which kills jobs, and wants to shut down any activity that contributes to carbon production, which kills jobs.
Heck sent out a press release counter-ing the claims in the ad.
“While Dr. Heck has been a strong supporter of solar jobs in Nevada, includ-ing legislation to streamline renewable energy development across the state, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is a DC-based partisan special interest that wants to put Nevadans out of work by stopping responsible mining, ranching, agriculture and recreation,” Heck spokes-person Brian Baluta said. “And, as At-torney General, Catherine Cortez Masto showed herself to be no friend of solar
chronic disease: What are you going to do about it?
As the United States heads into the final stretch of a very long election season, Nevadans need to make sure that can-
didates and the media focus on issues that matter to our daily lives. Certainly, health care and the policies that candi-dates are proposing to address health care need to be a vital part of the discus-sion.
To that end, the Nevada Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) is working with its many partner groups to encourage Nevadans to ask candi-dates what they plan to do to address chronic diseases. Using television, radio, newspaper, and outdoor advertis-ing--along with participating in health fairs and engaging in other grassroots activities--the Nevada PFCD is work-ing to bring the issue into the forefront of the political dialogue. The PFCD’s message highlights the importance of addressing chronic disease in health
care policies and the major impact that chronic diseases have on our lives, our health care spending and our produc-tivity.
Over half of all Nevadans have at least one chronic disease and nearly 700,000 have more than one. Chronic diseases account for seven out of ten deaths in our state and 86 cents of every dollar spent on health care costs. And the problem is getting worse every year. For example, right now, projections are that one in three first graders will develop diabetes during their lifetime.
Yet the news is not all bad. The Nevada PFCD released a study show-ing that simple changes in lifestyles and a focus on prevention and developing new treatments could save nearly 11,000 Nevada lives every year and cut spend-ing on health care in our state by $55 billion over the next 15 years. Health care policies that work to encourage prevention, medical breakthroughs, and providing treatment options are a major part of the cure.
Chronic conditions like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease impact every one of us, whether we suffer from one of those conditions or a loved one does. Given the impact of chronic disease on all Nevadans, we should be able to expect candidates to address the issue before they ask for our vote.
The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease is a nonpartisan group and does not support any specific candidate or political party. As Chairman Dr. Ken Thorpe noted, the purpose of the national and state organizations is to “command the attention of our elected leaders to the spectrum of issues that chronic disease presents and to advo-cate for policies that will bridge gaps in health care and create opportunities that promote and enable better overall health for our population.”
The Nevada PFCD and its partner organizations will be working hard on all fronts this election season to ensure candidates address health care in a meaningful way. But advertising and advocacy campaigns won’t work with-out the vocal support of voters.
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So the next time a candidate or a cam-paign knocks on your door or calls to ask you for your vote, join us by asking in return, “What do you plan to do to fight chronic disease?”
Larry Matheis is a co-chair of the Nevada Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease and the Executive Director of the Nevada Medical Center, a nonprofit corporation established to improve the health of Nevadans and Nevada’s health care system by promoting and supporting collaboration and cooperation in the medical community and establishing performance metrics and health indi-cators to identify priorities and measure community success. He served as Executive Director of the Nevada State Medical Association from 1988-2013.
when she introduced a bill to exempt the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) from the open meeting law, allowing the PUC to raise rates behind closed doors. This bogus attack has nothing to do with clean energy and everything to do with install-ing Chuck Schumer as the next Senate Majority Leader.”
In fact, Heck has backed tax credits
for wind and solar, which, frankly, drive up the cost of power and kills jobs. So, he’s no purist.
On the League’s scorecard Heck’s vot-ing record agreed with its stances only 8 percent of the time, compared to Reid’s 81 percent. There’s a contrast Heck should be proud of.
It’s going to get ugly, folks.
Thomas Mitchell is a longtime Nevada newspa-per columnist. You may email him at [email protected]. He also blogs at http://4thst8.wordpress.com/.
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The Rotary Club of Mesquite and the Mesquite Sunrise Rotary were proud to join other Southern Nevada Rotary Clubs to recognize and honor three of our own local heroes: Firefighter/Paramedic Jayson Andrus, Firefighter/Paramedic Karen Hughes and Detec-tive Sergeant John Woods at the 15th SOAR (Safety Officer Award Recogni-tion) Ceremony held this morning in Las Vegas.
“In a department that is filled with out-standing performers, Jayson and Kar-en’s performance stood out with their work on the Critical Care Program,” said Mesquite Fire Rescue Chief Kash Christopher. “However, they will be the first to tell you that they already belong to an already exceptional organization. Their actions this year have ‘raised the bar’ in a department that already oper-ates at a very high level.”
The Mesquite Police Department proudly nominated Detective Sergeant Woods for the SOAR award based on
his exceptional service to the citizens of Mesquite through his commitment and dedication to disrupting both street and higher-level drug trafficking which has had a major impact on the reduction of Mesquite’s street crimes.
Woods knew something big was up when numerous narcotics offenders came to him to report a major heroin dealer was in town selling large quanti-ties of heroin. Woods was able to work his way through the drug network in an undercover capacity gaining access to the criminal organization that was trafficking the large quantities of heroin within the community. Sergeant Woods was able to buy several pounds of heroin which led to numerous search warrants and arrests.
Mesquite Police Chief Troy Tanner said, “Detective Sergeant Woods, in con-junction with the Mesquite Narcotics Team and the Las Vegas based Heroin Task Force, were able to work together and escalate the case to the federal level.
Submitted PhotoPictured from left: Mesquite City Manager Andy Barton, Mesquite Fire Chief Kash Christopher, Firefighter/Paramedic Karen Hughes, Detective Sergeant John Woods, Mesquite Police Deputy Chief Scott Taylor and District 5300 As-sistant Governor and Rotary Club of Mesquite member Jacob Noll.
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The four people appointed were present at the meeting and all volunteered to serve making easy work for the council to form the committee. The appointments were approved on a 4-0 vote with councilman Kraig Hafen absent from that portion of the meeting.
The committee can bring other citizens into the mix if they choose.
Councilman Geno Withelder affirmed that changing to a charter form of govern-ment from the present general law govern-ment will not affect any current operations including licenses, fees or agreements al-ready in place.
Sweetin reiterated that the general pub-lic will see very little effect in operations should the charter ultimately be approved by the state legislature.
Under other business Tuesday night, the council unanimously approved on 4-0 votes several actions that will allow construction of a gas station and conve-nience store at the southwest corner of I-15 Exit 120 and South Falcon Ridge Parkway. Councilman Hafen excused himself from the actions since he has familial interests in the business.
The 11-acre site is already zoned for Ho-tel Tourist Commercial (HT) allowing for a Resort Hotel and Casino and is already surrounded by commercial uses and large
tracts of open space.The council approved creating a 1.5 acre
lot upon which a 5,400 square foot conve-nience store and Sinclair gas station with four islands will be built. The carve-out will allow other commercial buildings in the future.
Initially the site will have one point of ac-cess from South Falcon Ridge Parkway at an existing commercial driveway that was constructed last year. Traffic studies did not identify any unsafe congestion or sig-nificant traffic issues in the area.
According to the background docu-ments, the proposed building will face south, away from I-15 with its side facing Falcon Ridge Parkway. It will have 2,650 square feet of retail space, 585 square feet of restroom space and approximately 2,165 square feet of “back of house” areas in-cluding a utility room, cooler, beer cave, of-fice, kitchen, freezer and custodian closet. There will also be outdoor tables, a patio and pergolas along the east side facing South Falcon Ridge Parkway.
City Development Services Director Richard Secrist reiterated the facility will not be a truck stop type operation. He also said the owners will still need to obtain final approval from the city before con-struction can begin.
The council also formally changed the name of the segment of Falcon Ridge Park-way south of Mesquite Boulevard to South Falcon Ridge Parkway, ending where the street intersects with Leavitt Lane.
who lost their lives in New York City, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania.
Christopher said before the ceremony that “it’s not just one day for me. It’s ev-ery day that I think about it.”
Christopher wears many different hearts on his sleeve when it comes to commemorating 9-11as a retired Air Force firefighter who served in Korea and later served in Afghanistan as a ci-vilian employee firefighter on U.S. mili-tary bases “as a result of the actions on 9-11.”
The keynote speaker, Frank Adams,
related his 43 years of law enforcement activities at the local, state and federal levels, including as a Board of Director member for the Nevada Law Enforce-ment Officers Memorial Commission and the Southern Nevada Law Enforce-ment Memorial Foundation. He recently published a book that documents all of the Nevada Peace Officers who have died in the line of duty.
Providing the music for the ceremony were Dennis Hangey on the bagpipes, Janet McDonald, who sang the national anthem, and trumpeter Isaac Tala-hytewa, who played Taps to end the cer-emony.
For a slideshow presentation of the ceremony, click on this link https://you-tu.be/u2lSV5IpXds.
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The award known as the Purple Heart is granted only to those who were wounded or killed as a result of a mili-tary combat situation. Mesquite has four living recipients of the Purple Heart: Tony Hardway, Harold Straley, Brad Coulter and Ed Blair.
Now Mesquite is officially recognized as a Purple Heart city after Mayor Al Litman and the city council approved a proclamation naming it as such at their meeting Tuesday, Sept. 13. On hand to present the designation were members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart
organization including Len Yelinek, Commander, Chapter 711, of the Depart-ment of Nevada.
The Purple Heart is the oldest military decoration in the world in present use having first been designated by Presi-dent George Washington under a differ-ent name.
Yelinek presented Litman with several commemorative items saluting the city’s designation that included a plaque, a flag bearing the likeness of the Purple Heart award, a reserved parking sign that al-lows only recipients to use the space, and finally a bottle of wine bearing a Purple Heart name label.
Barbara EllestadMesquite Mayor Al Litman, left, receives a flag bearing the likeness of the Purple Heart military award from Len Yelinek, right, Military Order of the Purple Heart organization, Commander, Chapter 711, of the Department of Nevada, on Tues-day, Sept. 13 when Mesquite was designated a Purple Heart city.
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Barbara EllestadMesquite Mayor Al Litman, left, receives a proclamation from Len Yelinek, right, Military Order of the Purple Heart organization, Commander, Chapter 711, of the Department of Nevada, designating Mesquite as a Purple Heart city on Tuesday, Sept. 13.
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an unlawful entry burglary on West Hafen Lane. No property was removed from the business. A report was taken.
Citizen Assist: Police took a report for a harassment complaint.
Citizen Assist: A citizen reported in-formation to an officer regarding family matters.
Wanted person: Detectives located and arrested a male for two outstanding warrants. The male was arrested with-out incident and transported to the Mes-quite Detention Center.
Traffic accident W/O injury: Offi-cer responded to a minor traffic accident with no injuries. A report was taken.
Theft: Officer responded to a West Pioneer Boulevard business for a report of a theft. A report was taken.
Domestic Trouble: Officers re-sponded to a report of a domestic dis-pute on Riverside Drive. There was no violence between the involved parties and both were separated for the night.
Hit & Run: Officers responded to a report of a single vehicle traffic accident hit and run and an accident report was completed.
sEpt. 9Controlled Substance Problem: An
officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehi-cle for a traffic violation on Desert Drive. The driver was known to use or possess drugs. A drug odor detecting K9 was used to sniff the vehicle and alerted to the odor of drugs. Drug paraphernalia was later located inside the vehicle. The driver was issued a citation for the traf-fic violation and for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Domestic Violence IP: Officers re-sponded to a West Mesquite Boulevard hotel for a report of domestic violence. Both parties were highly intoxicated and unable to provide valid statements as to what occurred. There were no injuries or signs of violence between the hus-band and wife.
Controlled Substance Problem: An officer located a suspicious vehicle parked in a Falcon Ridge Parkway busi-ness parking lot with two adult subjects sleeping in it. These two adults were later cited and released for possession of marijuana under one ounce (1st offense) and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Controlled Substance Problem: Of-ficer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation. The driver was arrested for drug paraphernalia. The passenger was arrested for trafficking methamphetamine, obstruction and re-sisting arrest.
Verbal Dispute IP: Officer respond-
ed to a North Sandhill Boulevard super-market for a report of a domestic. Offi-cers determined that a domestic did not occur just a heated argument between a husband and wife.
Theft: Officer responded to a West Mesquite Boulevard casino for a report of a theft. One individual was arrested for Petit Larceny.
Juvenile Problem: Mesquite officer responded to a Valley View Drive school reference a juvenile problem. Informa-tion was gathered and a report was tak-en.
Disorderly Conduct: Officer re-sponded to a family argument on River-side Drive.
Agency Assistance: Officers assisted CPS with a child safety issue.
Driving under the influence: An of-ficer stopped a vehicle for a minor traffic offense. The driver, an adult female sub-ject, was arrested for DUI-Alcohol (1st offense) and failure to maintain travel lane.
sEpt. 10:Minor Possessing/Consuming: An
officer conducted a traffic stop on a ve-hicle on Partridge Lane and West Hafen Lane for an equipment violation. The passenger of the vehicle was found in possession of an open container of al-cohol. She was issued a citation for the open container.
Civil Dispute: Officers responded to a verbal dispute on Mesa Boulevard Male had left the scene, female stated it was verbal only, no further action.
Trespassing IP: Officers responded to an East Pioneer Boulevard business on a report of a male subject who had been previously trespassed. The male was issued a citation for trespassing and left the property.
Verbal Dispute IP: Officers respond-ed to a Rivers Bend Drive residence for a report of a verbal dispute. Both parties were separated and agreed to talk later after they have calmed down.
Traffic accident W/O injury: Officer responded to a Mesquite Springs Boule-vard complex for a minor accident with no injuries.
Driving under the influence: Of-ficers were called to the area of a West Old Mill Road business on a report of a suspicious situation. Upon arrival they found a vehicle that had been involved in an accident. The driver of the vehicle was later arrested for driving under the influence.
Suspicious Person/Circumstance: Officers responded to a Partridge Lane residence for a report of a female who was possibly in possession of a large amount of illegal drugs. All parties were interviewed and released. The investiga-tion is ongoing.
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Huynh, Trang HSalt Lake City, UT9/9/16Possession of controlled substancePossession of drug paraphernalia
Ivey, Keith WWashington, UT9/1/16Jail housing agreement
Jones, Jason AMt. Pleasant, SC9/5/16Possession of controlled substanceFalse information/Obstructing
Lott, Donna JMoncks Corner, SC9/5/16Possession of drug paraphernalia
Lucero, Anthony JMesquite9/8/16Hit and run unattended vehicleFail to immediately report accidentFailure to maintain travel lane
Mitchell, Deonte CLas VegasJail housing agreement
Muniz, Kimberly DMesquite9/10/16Open container in vehicle
Omdahl, Donald ABoulder City9/6/16Failure to Appear
Ramirez, Benjamin NMesquite9/5/16Failure to appear
Riodriguez-Lopez, Erick JMesquite9/5/16Injury to property of anotherDomestic Battery
Romero, Alexis SBeaver Dam, AZ9/7/16Jail housing agreement
Juan J Jr.Mesquite9/7/16Battery
Sandoval, Arturo JMesquite9/5/16City parks violation/alcoholCity parks violation/curfew
Sims, Brooke VMesquite9/9/16Possession of drug paraphernalia
Spencer-Buxton, Laura EMesquite9/4/16Petit Larceny
Stotler, George JMesquite9/9/16Possession of drug paraphernaliaPossession of controlled substanceFalse information/ObstructingTrafficking controlled substance
Stucki, Arn MSt. George, UT9/5/16Disturbing the peace/fightingBatteryDUI
Tobias, Andrew DQuincy, IL9/4/16Hit and run unattended vehicleFalse information/Obstructing
Tognoni, Michael EMesquite9/8/16Failure to appear
Male juvenile offenderMesquite9/9/16Curfew
Vazquez, Noel CHurricane, UT9/4/16Jail housing agreement
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The collision took place at night last week and involved two vehicles and three feral horses. The motorists sus-tained no injuries, but the accident re-sulted in two dead horses.
Horses in this area cross roadways in search of feed and water sources espe-cially during the fall months when for-age becomes scarce.
Drivers should remain alert and aware, and be sure to obey all traffic
laws, including posted speed limits in this area. The range includes the areas of Fernley, Dayton, Lockwood, south Reno, Hidden Valley, Silver Springs, Virginia City and east of Carson City. Extra caution should be taken at dusk and during the night.
“We can’t stress enough how impor-tant it is to use extreme caution and as-sume there are animals on the road,” Flint Wright, administrator for the NDA Animal Industry Division, said.
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Authority in which VVWD came out $3,8885,000 on the short end.
The complaint specifies that Johnson and Coache received $1,327,000 from Lo-netti for their alleged actions in the 2008 deal.
According to court documents, “John-son admitted to having engaged in the illicit 2008 transaction and the admis-sion is on audio recording. Specifically, Johnson admitted that he was person-ally compensated by Lonetti in connec-tion with the 2008 transaction between SNWA, Lonetti, and VVWD; that John-son concealed from the VVWD Board Johnson’s real and personal involve-ment in the 2008 transaction; and that Johnson would not have been able to
obtain his secret profits if VVWD had purchased [water shares] directly from Lonetti. Johnson also admitted the [he] and Coache used a portion of the secret profits to purchase a home in Las Vegas, NV in the name of their company Cibola Investments, LLC” among other pur-chases and investments.
Lonetti has not been charged in the criminal case. Criminal charges against Winters were dropped in 2014.
After criminal charges were filed against Johnson and Coache in May 2011, the water district filed civil charg-es against the four men for not only the 2008 water transaction but another one in 2005 in which the district allegedly lost approximately $8 million worth of water rights.
The civil case was settled in 2014 with Lonetti returning some of the water shares and money to the water district.
We’re excited to bring all that this of-fice does to the communities across Ne-vada,” Laxalt said.
He is most proud of the programs he’s developed in his office for military veter-ans “because it’s never been done before from an attorney general’s office. We’ve served over 300 clients in this program since November. That’s a great feat for this office.”
While he will speak mainly about
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Mesquite Fire Department Chief Kash Christopher announced that Firefighter Advanced EMT Troy Robb was selected as the 2016 Firefighter of the Year.
After Mesquite was awarded the Fed-eral Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to replace all outdated Self Con-tained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), Robb was asked to put together a com-prehensive package for evaluation, se-lection and specification of a new SCBA system.
Robb spent many hours securing test evaluation SCBA from all different manufacturers and developed a detailed full departmental evaluation process. He oversaw the evaluation process and worked in conjunction with Fire Depart-ment Administration to finally select the Interspiro S8 SCBA.
Once selected, Robb burned many on- and off-duty hours with Interspiro representatives to implement a depart-
mental purchase, fitting, and training program. Once completed, he then went to work on setting up Interspiro techni-cian training classes to certify fire de-partment personnel in maintenance and minor repair of the SCBA system.
Robb is a professional Firefighter in every sense of the word. He worked with people on many different levels to get the department into the safest and most de-pendable SCBA equipment offered in the fire service today.
Robb was hired by Mesquite Fire Rescue in April 2008 after having just retired from his distinguished career in the United States Navy. During his naval career, he earned his Fire Sci-ence Degree and Emergency Medical Technician‐Advanced Certification while also earning his many other highly regarded naval certifications. Robb is a self-motivated individual and along with his wife, Shelley, en-joys life with a zest…and as always, a big smile.
Mesquite fire chief announces 2016 firefighter of the Year
Detective Sergeant Woods is to be com-mended for his tireless efforts in inter-rupting the flow of drugs into our com-munity making our community a safer place to live.”
The first SOAR Ceremony took place
in June 2002 spearheaded by Retired Captain Bob Wood from the LA Coun-ty Sheriff’s Department and Janie Lynn, President of the Sunset Rotary Club.
The Rotary program “SOAR” was cre-ated to honor the ordinary officer who day in and day out, performs their job in an extraordinary manner. He or she is not necessarily a “hero” in the standard sense of the word.
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Submitted photo On Sept. 11, the Knights of Columbus recognized Navy Vet and EMT-A Troy Robb as Mesquite Fire Rescue’s Firefighter of the Year. They also honored Mesquite Police Officer of the Year, Brad Tobler. .
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EVOLVE PEST CONTROL’S MUSICIAN OF THE WEEK
Isaac TalahytewaIsaac Talahytewa is a senior trumpet player
at VVHS this year. Isaac has been playing thetrumpet and piano for seven years and theFrench horn for two years. He is the trumpetsection leader and soloist in both the marchingband and jazz band. Isaac can often be foundplaying trumpet at local ceremonies. His mostrecent appearance was playing Taps at the 9/11memorial ceremony at City Hall.
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KOKOPELLI LANDSCAPING’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Kokopelli Landscapint’s Athlete of the Week is Bernice Fiso. Fiso currently is using her immense talent on the volleyball court. Fiso dominates the net when she is on thefront line and is a big shot blocker. Her killsbring a huge response from the Bulldog homecrowd. Fiso is a senior and will be counted onheavily when league play begins to take theDawgs to the playoffs. A three sport letterwinner, Fiso will be a force on the Lady Bulldog basketball squad in the winter. In theSpring Fiso can be seen throwing the shot anddiscus for the track team. Congrats to Bernice as she continues to be a force in Bulldog sports.
Bernice Fiso
This year’s Mesquite’s Fine Art Invitational includ-ed art from six different galleries throughout Nevada and Utah. More than 100 art pieces in varying medi-ums are on display now through Oct. 1 at the Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery, 15 W. Mesquite Blvd.
Art by Invitation
Left, The Mesquite Fine Art Invitational exhibit is showing through the month of September. This piece of patriotic art is made of clay by artist Kent Lang titled “United we Stand.”
Below left, “Night Vision” is a watercolor piece by artist Teri Fockford that you can view along with other works of art throughout September at Mesquite’s Fine Art Invitational.
Below right, “Korean War Memorial Washing D.C.” is a watercolor painting by artist Carol Stenger. It’s just one of the many works of art on display through the month of September for Mesquite’s Fine Art Invitational.
Teri Nehrenz photos
By Teri NehrenzMLN
Suicide is a subject many don’t like to talk about, especially those who are thinking about committing the act. People refer to those who successfully commit suicide as victims but the true victims are those left behind.
Friends and family members shy away from conversations about the subject or the person who committed the act. They believe that not mention-ing the names of deceased will some-how stop the pain the family is feeling and bringing up names will make the family relive the experience.
The experience is relived and the pain felt regardless of whether the names and the act are mentioned or not. The unanswered questions never leave your mind and they never get answered. Acting as if it never hap-pened won’t change the fact that they are gone. The only thing to do is push on and continue to live your own life in the moment and hopefully use your own experiences to help others.
Because there is help, there is hope. The 10th annual Walk in Memory, Walk for Hope was held on Sept. 10 at the Mesquite Recreation Center be-
Teri NehrenzFriends and sister of former Mesquite Fire Chief Derek Hughes walk in memory of Derek on Sept. 10 during the 10th annual Walk in Memory, Walk for Hope.
Walk held for suicide awareness
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cause the real victims want to make sure individuals struggling with thoughts of suicide and the friends and families doing their best to sup-port them can be connected to re-sources and services that can make a difference.
The concerted efforts of the Nevada Coalition for Suicide Prevention, the Office of Suicide Prevention and the many local task forces and coalitions across the state along with local com-munity members hold events such as the “Walk in Memory, Walk for Hope” with the desire to help make Nevada a healthier and safer place to live.
Community members, family and friends of former Fire Chief Derek Hughes came out to remember their dear friend and brother and to help others become aware that there is help available. Although they are aware of the services available to them, they have not sought any themselves but they do want others who need them to know they exist.
The mother, aunt, sisters and friends of 14-year-old McKenzie Marie Cauley feel that remembering her and raising awareness are so important they came out to walk even though their loss is recent and their pain still very fresh. Cauley committed suicide on Aug. 1 after two prior attempts according to a family member. Cauly had sought help, but it wasn’t enough. Cauley has two younger sisters who, along with
her mother, designed t-shirts for their family to wear, with e l e p h a n t s because she loved ele-phants.
All com-m u n i t y members at-tended be-cause they have been touched by
the tragedy of suicide at least once and once is more than enough for any-body. Unfortunately, sometimes that is not the case. Genny Reese has had six people in her life who have com-mitted suicide beginning with her fa-ther 35 years ago. She didn’t seek help but each and every time her boss, boy-friend, best friend’s husband, made her a victim once again they took a bit more of her emotional sanity and stability along with them until she fi-nally had no choice.
One thing that all these people have in common besides the tragedy they have all faced is that they know that interven-tion before the act is committed and, if it does occur, support and counseling for the true victims is important. They all want you to know that it is not a hopeless situation and resources are out there.
For more information on the re-sources available locally contact the Mesquite Behavioral Health Center 702-346-4696.
Sept. 20, 1891: Lucius Peck last re-maining Mesquite resident of the time passes away.
Sept. 1929: Riverside Bridge damaged after flooding.
Sept. 21, 1989: Local newspaper Des-ert Echo reports on Palms Golf Course opening.
Sept. 16, 2000: Grand opening for the outdoor pool at the Recreation Center.
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Virgin Valley Elementary School teachers were presented with a van load of classroom supplies Wednesday morning, Sept. 7 courtesy of The Public Education Foundation’s Teacher EX-CHANGE program.
Tim McCubbin, The Public Educa-tion Foundation’s Vice President of the Teacher EXCHANGE drove out from Las Vegas to present the supplies at a before-school faculty meeting.
After a brief presentation, the teach-ers were lead outside to a waiting van full of bags, folders, pens, pencils, and much more. McCubbin expressed thanks to Cae-sars Entertainment and the Caesars Foun-dation as founding partners of the Teacher EXCHANGE. Caesars provides funding, in-kind materials, and volunteers.
The teachers at Virgin Valley Elemen-tary would like to express their thanks to McCubbin and the Teacher EX-CHANGE for their generosity and sup-port of education in Mesquite.
Submitted photoFrom left, Tim McCubbin, vice president of the Teacher EXCHANGE; Jenny Hughes, third grade teacher; and Kim Houston, second grade teacher.
Teacher Exchange donates supplies to local school
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College of Southern Nevada, Mesquite campus, will be offering a noncredit Spanish course.
This course is designed to help stu-dents learn about the Spanish language and Latin culture. By the end of this interactive course students will have learned basic principles of the Spanish language, including vital conversation skills.
This course is scheduled Oct. 4 through Dec. 1 on Tuesdays and Thurs-days from 12 - 1:15 p.m. No class on Nov. 24. The cost of this course is $130.
For questions or help with registration please contact the CSN Mesquite office at 346-2485 or stop by the campus locat-ed at 140 N. Yucca St.
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ELKO — Volunteers are needed for beautification and restoration efforts on public lands at South Fork State Recre-ation Area/South Fork Canyon, from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., September 24, 2016. Volunteers will plant trees, con-
struct bird houses, place a new fence crossing passage and complete general beautification projects in the area. Vol-unteer registration begins at 8:00 a.m. at the overlook parking lot at the end of the main road near the walking gate to the dam.
Volunteers will receive free admission to South Fork State Park and lunch and water will be provided.
Each fourth Saturday in September Americans set aside one day to celebrate and give back to the lands. This year across Nevada and the nation, volun-teers will be celebrating the 23 annual National Public Lands Day and the 40th Anniversary of Federal Land Policy Management Act (FLPMA).
Elko’s National Public Lands Day event is a cooperative event with Nevada State Parks, Nevada Division of Forest-ry, Northeastern Nevada Stewardship Group, and the BLM Elko District.
For more infomation, contact Mike Setlock — BLM, phone: 775-753-0212, or e-mail [email protected]; or Kevin Fromherz — South Fork State Recre-ation Area, phone 775-744-4346 or e-mail [email protected]
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Defense was the key for the Virgin Valley High School football team Friday night, Sept. 9, at Mojave. The Bulldog defense held the Rattlers to five total yards on the ground and 105 yards overall for a 12-0 shutout.
The teams battled evenly for most of the first half until Cesar Zarate faked a punt and ran for 58 yards and the first score of the night with six minutes re-maining in the second period. The point after pass failed. The half ended with Dawgs up 6-0.
The third period was another defensive struggle as neither team could put points on the scoreboard. Bulldog running back Jayden Perkins changed that two minutes into the fourth quarter scoring from one yard out. Perkins ran for 122 yards in the fourth pe-riod. The Dawgs were once again unsuccessful on a
point after pass. The game ended with the Dawgs on top 12-0. Bull-
dog workhorse Perkins led all rushers with 160 yards on 30 carries. Bulldog quarterback Hogan Fowles went 6-12 for 53 passing yards.
“Nice to get a win in an ugly game,” said Bulldog coach Yori Ludvigson. “It was a great shutout for our defense. Our offensive line did not play well until the fourth period when they opened holes for Perkins. Our offense wore them down in the fourth period.”
The Bulldogs return home on Sept. 16 to face West-ern High School. The Warriors got blown out by Bo-nanza High School Friday night 42-8. The Bulldogs should be favored over the winless Western team.
The Bulldogs increased their season record to 2-1. The Bulldogs have one more preseason game against Spring Valley on Sept. 23 before hosting archrival Moapa Valley on Sept. 30 for the “Battle of the Val-leys.”
By Lou MartinMLN
The Virgin Valley High School girls’ soccer girls team hosted 4A Basic High of Henderson Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the Mesquite Sports and Events Center. Neither team came away with a victory as the game ended in a 2-2 tie.
The Bulldogs behind striker Abbie Barnum came out firing. Barnum struck goal a minute into the match. Taylor Waite had the as-sist. Four more shots by the host Dawgs in the first few minutes sailed wide or high. The Wolves defense settled down stopping any attempt by the Bulldogs. The Wolves knotted the match 1-1 with a goal at the 12 minute mark of the first half. With seconds remaining in the half, Bar-num scored on a pass from freshman Ally Wright. The half ended shortly thereafter with the Dawgs on top 2-1.
The second half was all Wolves as they returned the favor scoring goal before two minutes had expired in the half. With the score knotted at 2-2, defense and the heat took over. The Bulldogs had a huge opportunity to score but Barnum’s kick hit the top bar of the net and fell on the line before the Basic goalkeeper pulled it in. The teams bat-tled evenly the rest of the half.
The tie kept the Wolves undefeated so far this year while the Dawgs record went to 0-3-2.
“It was a very physical game,” said Bulldog coach Bob Snell. “I’m pleased we didn’t back down against a tough team. It was our best game of the year. On a negative note, we lost two girls due to injuries.”
The Bulldogs next three matches are on the road. They return on Sept. 22 to host Chaparral in a Sunrise League matchup.
Dogs fall to BonanzaThe Bulldogs girls soccer team traveled to 4A Bonanza
High School Friday afternoon, Sept. 9 falling short 2-1. The Lady Dawgs only dressed 14 players for the match as inju-ries continue to mount for the defending Sunrise League champs. The Bulldogs led after one half of play as star striker Barnum struck goal at the 32-minute mark. Taylor Waite got the assist.
The Bengals knotted the match 63 minutes into the game and got the win on a free kick with seven minutes remaining.
“We had to bring two players up from the J.V. team,” Snell said. “It was a very tough loss and we (girls) played our guts out and were rewarded with a loss on a penalty kick. Very frustrating but I hope we will get a few breaks falling our way.”
The loss gives the Lady Dawgs a 0-4-2 record.
By Lou MartinMLN
The Virgin Valley High boys soccer team still has not tasted victory as they fell to Sunrise Mountain 4-0. The loss gives the Dawgs a 5-0 sea-sonal record for 2016. “Although the score does not reflect it, our defense played very strong,” said Coach Chris Park. “Offensively we struggled, and will need to work on a new formation.” The Dawgs host Rancho on Sept.15 before beginning league play.
tennisThe Virgin Valley girl tennis team had two
wins for the week. The Bulldogs won by forfeit, 12-0, over Del Sol and defeated Tech, 10-8, on Fri-day, Sept. 9. Leading the way for the Dawgs were Emily Leavitt in singles and the doubles team of Haley Allen and Emma Wilson who went 3-0 in their sets. Leavitt overcame a rocky start down 0-5 before rallying to win her set in a tie breaker. The
win gives the Dawgs a 3-2 Sunrise League record.The Virgin Valley boy tennis team went 3-0 for
the past week as they won by forfeit over Del Sol and defeated Tech, 14-4, on Thursday, Sept. 8. The Dawgs finished the week with a 14-4 win over Chaparral. Chris Cannon and Isaac Talahytewa went 3-0 in their sets and the doubles team of Ryan Rushton and Tyler Wilson easily won 3-0 over the TECH Roadrunners. Rushton and Wil-son led the Dawgs over Chaparral.
VolleyBallThe Virgin Valley volleyball team ran into a
buzz saw Thursday night as small school Pah-ranaghat Valley defeated the Lady Dawgs, 3-0. The Bulldogs lost by scores of 25-22, 25-21 and 25-18. The 1A Southern League Panthers’ only lost has been to Calvary Chapel. Leading the Dawgs were Emma Barnum and Bernice Fiso with 6 and 4 kills respectively. Calee Clem had 13 assists and Jessica Barnum had 9 digs. The Bulldogs begin 3A Division Play on Sept. 20 against Boulder City.
Lou MartinBulldog offensive line in a recent game. The Dawgs stepped up in the fourth period opening hole for running back Jayden Perkins. The Dawgs won 12-0 over the Rattlers.
Lou MartinBulldog striker Abbie Barnum follows her goal shot into the net Wednesday, Sept. 7, against Basic
Bulldogs tie Wolves
Bulldog defense shuts down Rattlers
Lou MartinBulldog Karla Correa sets up a goal shot during a recent Bulldogs game.
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Resort is holding its first Community Health Fair. The Red Cross Bloodmo-bile will be on site and donations are welcomed.
Benefit Coordinator, Paula Farrell said, “Employees are busy and can’t al-ways get to a doctor or facility to make a blood donation or get a mammogram as examples.
They have to take time off from work. So we thought we’d bring some of these services to them and the community and also educate everyone on what lo-cal services are available. Many people think that a spa treatment is a beauty luxury; they don’t think of this type of service as a health service, but it is. I learned that the same can be true for the physical therapy facilities.”
The fair will be held in the event tent from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. Health screen-ings include blood type, blood pressure, cholesterol, vision and mammograms.
Appointments for mammograms must be made in advance. Flu shots will also be available, please bring your in-surance cards.
For more information on the health fair contact the CasaBlanca Resort at 702-346-4000.
Now that school is back in season and parents have some time on their hands, maybe, don’t forget to check the calen-dar thoroughly.
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 variety 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 activi-ties and even a few outdoor ones for the brave that will keep you fit and active all summer long. Visit www.mesqui-telocalnews.com/calendar for all your summer activities.
Send all your activities to [email protected] and please remember to put “community calendar” in the subject line so your event notice doesn’t get lost in cyber space.
tHuRSdAy, SEpt. 15Ask a Master GardenerWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First
North St.When: 10 a.m.Info: 702-346-5224Dedication Ceremony/ Beaver
Dam Beautification ProjectWhere: Beaver Dam High School,
Old Highway 91, Beaver DamWhen: 1:30 p.m.Info: Keith Buchhalter 702- 427-6278Hands on Computer LabWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First
North St.When: 5-6-p.m.Info: 702-346-5224Lego ClubWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First
North St.When: 4 p.m.Info: 702-346-5224
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Community Health FairWhere: CasaBlanca Event Tent, 950
W. Mesquite Blvd.When: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.Info: www.mesquitegaming.comLatin Trilogy: Ultimate Tribute
ShowWhere: CasaBlanca Showroom, 950
W. Mesquite Blvd.When: Doors 7:30 Show 8:30Info: www.casablancaresort.com
SAtuRdAy, SEpt. 17SUNYFL Youth FootballWhere: Mesquite Sports & Events
Complex, 1635 World Champion WayWhen: Call for timesInfo: 435-669-3030Adult Movie Matinee “My Big Fat
Greek Wedding”Where: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First
North St.When: noonInfo: 702-346-5224Tom Petty Tribute ShowWhere: Casablanca Showroom, 950
W. Mesquite Blvd.When: Doors 7:30 Show 8:30Info: www.casablancaresort.com
mondAy, SEpt. 19Virgin Valley Artists Association
MeetingWhere: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery
Classroom, 15 W. Mesquite Blvd.When: 11 a.m.Info: 702-346-1338Adult 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, SEpt. 20Technical Review MeetingWhere: City Hall, 10 E. Mesquite
Blvd.When: 1:30-2:30 p.m.Info: www.mesquitenv.govE-Media Download ClassWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First
North St.When: 1:30-3 p.m.Info: 702-346-5224Ham Radio Club of MesquiteWhere: Fire Station No. 2, 1200 Kitty
Hawk Dr.When: 6 p.m.Info: Roy Miller 702-345-3006
wEdnESdAy, SEpt. 21Email Basics ClassWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First
North St.When: 1:30-3 p.m.Info: 702-346-5224Teen SceneWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First
North St.When: 3:30 p.m.Info: 702-346-5224
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Mesquite Gaming will hold its first Health and Wellness Fair on Friday, Sept. 16 in the CasaBlanca Convention Center to increase the visibility of health and wellness resources in the Mesquite community. All employees, their fami-lies and the public are welcome to at-tend.
“In addition to raising public aware-ness, employees are busy and can’t al-ways get to a doctor or facility to make a blood donation or get a mammogram, as an example. They have to take time off from work. So we thought we’d bring some of these services to them and the community and also educate everyone on what local services are available. Many people think that a spa treatment is a beauty luxury; they don’t think of
this type of service as a health service, but it is. I learned that the same can be true for the physical therapy facilities,” said Paula Farrell, Director, Benefits & Workers Compensation for Mesquite Gaming.
“We picked September because it’s the beginning of flu season for flu shots. We also know that the children are going back to school. We wanted employees and their families to know what services our benefit plans offer in preparing for the kids going back to school. We cer-tainly want the Fair to be well received by both employees, their families and the public. We have had just a remark-able response from the community ser-vice vendors and we hope to make it even bigger next year,” said Farrell.
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John D. Ward (Jack), 80, of La Farge, WI passed away peacefully in his home in Mesquite on Monday, September 5, 2016.
Jack was truly one of a kind with a love for life that was only surpassed by his love for “God, his country and his family, in that order.”
He was a jack of all trades and a master of several. Jack was an art-ist, poet, musician, song-writer, playwright and patriot.
His stories, laughter and tall tales are what we will remember and miss about him but we will miss his love for human-ity most of all.
Jack was a Historian, an avid reader and a Navy Veteran who loved his coun-try will all his heart. He didn’t care much for television but always kept his on ei-ther the classic movie station, CNN or the stock market report.
He traveled extensively and his music and poetry was written about people he encountered along the way and who he thought were interesting. He always said, “These people, the ones in my mu-sic; they are my family.” He was pas-sionate about them and he kept their memories alive his entire life through his songs.
Jack was a snowbird and his time in Mesquite was spent entertaining the masses in both theatre and festivals with his talent for acting and his music. He shared his stories (music) at events such as the Festival of Trees, the Festival of the Arts and Gold Butte Days. His sum-mers were spent in the Kickapoo Valley in WI; the place he thought was the most beautiful place on earth.
He will always be remembered as a great character actor having appeared in several Virgin Valley Theatre Group pro-ductions including his original play “A Day at Emma’s 1909” in which he played the character Arthur. He also brought to life many characters in murder mystery dinners but will be fondly remembered as the loveable vampires, Count Nick and Trampolina, in the show BATS.
He was an inspiration both onstage and off, those who met him found him to be warm, attentive and funny. Many of his friends over the years referred to him as “Weird” rather than “Ward” and he was quite proud of the nickname. His door was always open and he had a smile and a good word for everyone who passed him by.
He spent the last decade missing the love of his life, Sharon, but now the two of them are together again forever and they can both truly rest in eternal peace.
There will be a memorial for Jack at the Mesquite Community Theatre, 150 N. Yucca St. on Friday Sept. 30 at 1 p.m.
with a short reception in the green room afterward. Friends can send condolenc-es to his daughter: Alicia First, 116 Sec-ond Street South Montrose, MN 55363.
LARRy R. pAttERSonLarry R. Patterson of Mesquite, NV,
formerly of Princeton, IL, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV. He was born on Septem-ber 9, 1941 in Aurora, IL to Robert and Mildred (Richardson) Patterson.
He was married to Ja-net L. Etter in 1961 in Carlyle, IL. She preceded him in death in 1985. He mar-ried Yvonne (Egan) Peterson in 1987 in DePue, IL. She preceded him in death in 2012.
After graduating from Carlyle (IL) High School in 1959, Larry began a ca-reer in banking in Aurora, IL. In 1972, he received a Bachelor’s Degree from Aurora University. He was hired by Na-tional Care and opened Colonial Hall Nursing Home in Princeton where he was Administrator for 15 years. He later worked as a Country Companies Insur-ance agent for approximately 10 years. During his time in Princeton, Larry served as a volunteer firefighter for the Princeton Fire Department attaining the rank of Lieutenant and was later named an Honorary Princeton Firefighter. In 1997, he relocated to St. George, UT and later made his home in Mesquite, NV where he lived for the past 15 years. Lar-ry worked for several casinos and had fun working as a Golf Marshall at Wolf Creek Golf Club. Throughout his life Larry was involved in many service or-ganizations including Rotary Club, Jay-cees, Elks and Moose Lodges. Larry was an avid Bears and Blackhawks fan but was most passionate about the Chicago Cubs. Larry loved golfing, traveling and following his children’s and grandchil-dren’s sporting events.
He is survived by his children and grand-children: Jeff (Cheri) Patterson and their children Alyssa, Ryan and Kyle Patterson; Lisa Patterson and her son Caden Camp-bell; Jason (Carrie) Patterson and their son Colin Patterson; and sisters: Sharron (Bob) Lower and Karla (Tom) Cooper along with several nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his par-ents and stepmother Virginia Patterson.
Cremation rites have been accorded. A private family burial will take place at a later date.
Memorials may be sent to Norberg Memorial Home, directed to the Larry Patterson family, to be donated in his memory, to benefit a charity of their choice related to Larry’s passions.
Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton is assisting the family. Online condolences may be left at http://www.norbergfh.com/
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Friday, Sept. 16: Chicken Parmesan, California vegetables, Orange, Spinach Salad, Bread Stick, Fruit Cocktail, Apple Juice
Monday, Sept. 19: Pork Roast with
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Tuesday, Sept. 20: Beef Tostada, Spanish rice, Black Beans & Corn, Cher-ry Crisp
Wednesday, Sept. 21: Supreme Piz-za, Chick Pea Salad, Cottage Cheese, Beets, Pineapple
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Guardianships are legal relation-ships created by courts when an in-dividual is incapable of providing for his or her own needs, whether physi-cal, mental, or legal. Such situations arise when a person becomes men-tally incapacitated through a condi-tion like Alzheimer’s or dementia or when the parents of a child die or be-come mentally incapacitated them-selves. In either case a guardian has the authority to make legal decisions for the person (called the “ward). Such decisions may include medical treatment, long-term care, manage-ment of the ward’s assets, and other significant decisions related to the ward’s mental physical, legal, and fi-nancial well being.
Even though we’re all going to live forever and never get sick (or at least that’s what we tell ourselves), be-cause contested guardianship pro-ceedings can be extremely expensive, planning for a guardianship (either for yourself or your children) and taking steps to avoid them where ever possible is an important consid-eration for all of us.
Nevada law provides an extensive procedure for the creation of a guard-ianship (whether of an adult or child) which requires petitions to be filed with the courts, notices to be given to family members, court appearances, and additional orders, notices, etc. to be filed with the court. Although it is not possible to short circuit all of the requirements for creating a guard-ianship, it is possible to work around most of them.
The first thing you can do is nomi-nate the person you want to have as the guardian. Nominating a guardian will help to prevent some of the legal wrangling that can arise in guardian-ship proceedings where various indi-viduals think they are best suited to be guardian.
You can also create a financial and/or healthcare power of attorney document that will give your chosen representative the authority (should you become incapacitated or incom-petent) to make financial and medi-cal decisions for you without having
them appointed as your guardian, lessening the need for the court to be involved in a formal guardianship proceeding.
Keep in mind, however, that creating a power of attorney in someone will grant them considerable control over your finances and/or healthcare deci-sions and so should only be granted to someone you have absolute confi-dence and trust in. Speaking of trust, creating a complete trust to hold all of your assets is also an important way to avoid guardianship proceedings if you become unable, for any reason, to manage your finances.
Unfortunately, no one needs to plan for a guardianship (or avoid-ing a guardianship) until they need one and by then it’s too late to do anything about it because you can’t create a guardianship nomination, trust, or power of attorney when you’re incompetent, unconscious, or deceased. Because there’s no way to know what the future brings, it’s bet-ter to plan and prepare now than to wait until the need actually arises.
A competent attorney can assist you in making all the necessary ar-rangements to plan for and avoid if possible, a guardianship for yourself and, if you have minor children, ap-pointment of a guardian for them in the event you become unable to care for them.
Clifford Gravett is a local attorney with the Virgin Valley law firm of Bingham Snow & Caldwell located in Mesquite. The firm serves clients in Nevada, Arizona, and Utah (702-346-7300 / www.binghamsnow.com). Is there a topic you’d like to see discussed in a future article? E-mail him at [email protected].
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My wife Deb and I love to explore canyons. Fortunately, we live in south-west Utah where you can hardly spit without hitting one. Occasionally we venture from home territory to investi-gate Nevada’s canyons. While canyons in the Silver State are not generally the flowing, deep, red rock typical to Utah, they have their own appeal. For this ex-cursion we chose the Colorado River/Lake Mojave canyons a few miles east of Nelson. It was Deb’s birthday and we needed a new adventure.
The Colorado River/Lake Mojave can-yons are located in the Lake Mead Na-tional Recreation Area. The nearly 1.5 million acre recreation area, adminis-tered by the National Park Service, fol-lows the Colorado River corridor from the westernmost boundary of Grand Canyon National Park to just north of Laughlin.
The life blood of southern Nevada is the 1,450 mile long Colorado River winding its way through Black Canyon and the Mohave Valley. The river flow is controlled by a series of dams providing recreational opportunities, water for hu-man and agriculture use, and hydroelec-tric power. Davis Dam near Laughlin creates Lake Mojave.
We began our journey in mid-Sep-tember. It is easy getting to our destina-tion from St. George, Utah. First, drive south on Interstate 15 to Las Vegas and then take Interstate 515/95/93 south to Henderson, a two hour drive. Since it we Deb’s birthday, we spent the night in Henderson, won some money playing video poker, and had a nice dinner.
Early the next morning we returned to Interstate 515/95/93 south and drove about ten miles to the junction with Highway 95 south. After another ten miles on Highway 95 south we turned east (left) onto paved Highway 165. From here it was 18.1 miles to the end of the road and the trailhead.
Eleven miles along Highway 165, at the west entrance to Eldorado Canyon, is the small burg of Nelson, population 37 according to the 2010 census. Origi-nally called Eldorado by the Spanish, the Nelson area was the site of one of the first major gold and silver strikes in Nevada around 1859. Within two years several mining camps were established in the vicinity—the mines eventually produced several million dollars of gold and silver. At its height, the area estab-lished a reputation for being rough and lawless. Nelson was named for a camp leader who was killed along with four others in 1897. The mines were active until 1945.
A little more than one mile from downtown Nelson we encountered the mining camp of Techatticup. Es-tablished in 1861, the camp contains an open-for-business general store, a bunkhouse, non-functioning gas sta-
tion, a stamp mill, several other struc-tures, old mining equipment, and many vintage vehicles in various stages of de-composition. There are also tours of the mine. The buildings are being restored and the location is a destination point for ghost town aficionados. On the way back from our hike we stopped and ex-plored Techatticup.
Approximately 5.5 miles beyond Te-chatticup is Nelson’s Landing and the terminus of Highway 165. Nelson’s Landing, at the mouth of Eldorado Can-yon, was a Colorado River steamboat port beginning in the late 1850s. Because the Eldorado mining region was so iso-lated, the port was vital for the existence of the mines.
The end of the highway is a circular parking area on a promontory above the Colorado River/Lake Mojave. (Do not take the right turn (south) downslope road toward Nelson’s Landing.) There are no fees or permits necessary for this hike, and no facilities at the parking area except a large trash bin. The trailhead elevation is 730 feet and the tempera-ture was in the high 80s as we began our trek—by the end 2 ½ hours later it was in the mid 90s.
There are no established trails to the canyons. From the trailhead/parking area are a couple of faint user trails. We headed north (upstream) along the river and explored the coves, canyons, and ra-vines as we came to them. Along the en-tire hike we were treated to views of the greenish-blue Colorado River with the rough Black Mountain Range dominat-ing the east side in Arizona.
The mouth of each wash was clogged with willow and tamarisk, making it slow going (beware the thorns). The walls of the ravines and canyons are mostly conglomerate, a brown-gray, rough textured, mixture of rocks, peb-bles, and sand. The main canyon we explored is about ¼ mile from the trail-head. The canyon soon divided and we examined both forks. Afterward we continued north along the river for about ¾ mile.
We returned by hugging the ridges above the river and circling around the point to the north and above Nelson’s Landing. Then up a steep hill back to the parking area.
Except for getting a bit warm, this was our kind of hike—interesting des-ert formations contrasting with the river and encountering no other people along the trail in this isolated region. Our round trip was almost 3.5 miles as we wandered and explored. Due to the faint trail, gaining and loosing elevation almost all on loose gravel, crossing sev-eral ridge slopes with ten or more feet drop offs, and scrambled over rock bar-riers, I rate this as a moderately strenu-ous hike.
Whether it is your birthday or not, the Colorado River/Lake Mojave canyons and Techatticup ghost town are worth a visit.
Submitted photosAbove photo, Old barn at Techatticup Mine Camp. Below photo, Gas station at Techatticup Mine Camp. The buildings are being restored and the location is a destination point for ghost town aficionados.
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