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Las Vegas team sends players to Williamsport, could Pahrump be next?

Last Friday the Mountain Ridge Little League team from Las Vegas made history in San Bernardino, Calif. by beating a team from Northern California 11-2. The Mountain Ridge team will be the first team from Nevada ever to make it to the Little League World Series, which is held annually in Williamsport, Pa.

This Week in Sports

The Kung Fu sisters, Ekaterina and Natasha Venola, scored big at the seventh annual International Chinese Martial Arts Championships at the Tuscany Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Aug. 1.

County to consider sheriff’s review board

Nye County commissioners will consider creating a peace officer advisory review board when they meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in commissioner’s chambers at 2100 Walt Williams Dr. on the Calvada Eye.

PUC approves most of UICN’s plans

The Nevada Public Utilities Commission Wednesday gave its approval to a list of projects planned by Utilities Inc. of Central Nevada in the next three years in its integrated resource plan — including a Willow Creek golf course master plan, looping a pipeline to Desert View Hospital, Ishani Ridge subdivision and Firebird Circle. But a plan to extend 7,000 feet of water pipe down Highway 372 to the Mountain View Estates subdivision generated the most discussion.

Nature’s creative dangers throughout our time

Although the Ebola virus might remain mostly confined to West Africa, it has infected the Western imagination. This eruption of uncontrolled nature into what developed nations consider serene modernity is more disturbing to the emotional serenity of multitudes than it is threatening to their physical health.

Group hopes to spur tortoise adoptions

The Desert Tortoise Group from Las Vegas drew an impressive crowd to an adoption workshop held Aug. 3 at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension offices.

Town employee blasts Holecheck over contracts

Pahrump Town Manager Susan Holecheck was challenged by one of her own employees during this week’s regular town board meeting.

Last play of the year for local thespians

The Shadow Mountain Community Players have been busy this year presenting plays as fundraisers for various charities and organizations and during the annual Wild West Extravaganza. This weekend will begin the staging of SMCP’s final show of the year.

Parents and students get the lowdown on new school year

ore than 5,200 Nye County School District (NCSD) students are returning to their respective classes this week after their brief summer break.

Diva Patti dishes up comfort food for $1 a serving

Growing up as I did, with a very British mother, shepherd’s pie was regular fare at our dinner table. But most memorably, it became a tradition that Mom would make shepherd’s pie for me for dinner on the first day of school.

Q&A with new Floyd Elementary Principal Von Sheppard

It would be safe to say that newly hired Floyd Elementary School Principal Von Sheppard is the only administrator at the Nye County School District who in 1985, set a University of Nebraska long jump record at 25.6 feet.

Pahrump airman recalls firefight in Kabul

An airman and Pahrump High School graduate this week recalled a firefight in Afghanistan, and his mother said she feared the worst when she watched the news of the Taliban attacking the base where he was stationed.

Man on trial makes suicide attempt

A man on trial in District Court on multiple child sex charges attempted suicide Wednesday, disrupting the judicial proceedings against him.

RPC votes 5-2 to reject 213-slip RV park

Pahrump Regional Planning Commission member Bill Dolan made a motion to approve plans for a 213-space recreational vehicle park on 14 acres at 500 S. Leslie Street.

Racing world mourns tragic death of young racer

It can happen at any race track at any given time. “You can’t control the emotions of a driver in a race car,” Pahrump Valley Speedway owner Chad Broadhead told the PVT.

Bling up those bras and break out the dancing shoes for upcoming fundraisers set for fall

School is back in session and it seems most activities are gearing up for fall, although those planning to attend the Shadow Mountain Players’ final performance for the year should make plans to pick up tickets at the Library or at the door. The show will be staged as a dinner theater for three weekend performances. See the related story on page 13.

DA’s Report

• Bobby Edward Jordan was charged on July 24 with battery.

Letters to the Editor

Winning the mid-term election is no sure bet

The dreaded question of Obamacare, etc.

In fact, let’s expand Obamacare to Medicare, Medicaid, and every other product in a similar category.

School Menu

Nye County School District elementary menu for the week of August 18 –August 22

California Lottery

No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Wednesday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $10 million.

America is home of the free and the gloomy

It is the very essence of the American Dream: an irrepressible confidence that our children will live better than we do.

Special Olympics: looking for a few good men and women

Special Olympics is looking for a few good volunteers who care to work with special needs children. Jim Soltz, the area director, said they are looking for coaches of all ages from teens on up. “No one really gets turned down here. We will put everyone to work,” Soltz said.

Vegas to Reno Race starts this Friday in Beatty

The General Tire Vegas to Reno race is the longest off-road race in the United States at 535 miles. This year there will be 299 vehicles entered, 40 Trick Trucks, 34-1500 class (dune buggies), 41 UTV’s, and 27 Ironmen (riders riding solo).

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