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Clinton sets visit Monday morning
Democratic presidential frontrunner and former First Lady, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), will make a campaign appearance in Pahrump late Monday morning.

Liakopoulos ethics charge tossed out
A two-member state panel Wednesday dismissed an ethics complaint filed by TV talk show host Harley Kulkin against Nye County Commissioner Peter Liakopoulos.


Clinton sets visit Monday morning
Democratic presidential frontrunner and former First Lady, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), will make a campaign appearance in Pahrump late Monday morning.

Back Then

Nuts & Bolts with Buffalo Jim

ESCAPED THE RAT RACE: Remembering 'Goofy' Watkins of Gold Point
GOLD POINT -- "WE FIX UFO'S."

IN BRIEF

Christian bikers born to minister
Bikers don't usually conjure up images of God-fearing, well-behaved Christians, but that's exactly the kind who make up the Christian Motorcycle Association, or CMA.

Sheriff's Report
The following information was provided by the Nye County Sheriff's Office. All crimes are alleged and all defendants are presumed innocent:

Nye County up by 386 residents
Nye County grew by 386 residents in the second quarter of 2007, county planners estimate, from a population of 46,041 March 31 to 46,427 by June 30.

Birth

PHOTOS: The queen and her court

Senior News
Pahrump Senior Center menu (menu subject to change) and activities for the week of July 9 to July13:

Three new courtrooms on agenda
Nye County Commissioner Joni Eastley said the board was trying to accommodate county department heads in passing a motion by Commissioner Butch Borasky in voting Tuesday to seek qualifications from a design-build team to expand the courthouse.

Two die in three-vehicle wreck
Edward and Dawn Guyer, both 34, were killed in a three-vehicle accident on Highway 95 near mile marker 18, near Mercury, at about 5:12 p.m. last Tuesday.

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 $60 million.

Justice Brisebill rebuffed on request for higher pay
Nye County commissioners deadlocked 2-2 Tuesday on a request for more pay by Pahrump Justice of the Peace Tina Brisebill.

Reid schedules Pahrump visit
Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, (D-Nev.) will hold a town hall discussion on Nevada's role in achieving energy independence at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the Bob Ruud Community Center.

BLM nabs eight burros at Beatty High School
BEATTY -- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management gathered eight burros from the Beatty football field last week. They have already been transferred to the adoption center in Ridgecrest, Calif.

Man dies when hit by truck
Ed Willenborg, 74, was killed Tuesday night at approximately 9 p.m. after sustaining fatal injuries when he was struck by a 1991 Toyota pickup truck.

Community Calendar

Rodriguez bows out of commission race
Dan Rodriguez, the Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce vice-president, who announced last April he would seek the candidacy for Nye County commissioner of District 1, has dropped out of the race.

Byrns -- trooper and town booster -- dies
Services will be held in Hawaii today for retired U.S. Army Col. Bill Byrns, a veteran of the cavalry in World War II, military film advisor and long-time Pahrump booster. He was 87.

IN BEATTY: Limits on clinic service still a concern in Beatty
Much of the audience at the most recent Beatty Town Board meeting consisted of Beatty clinic staff and members of the ambulance service, present because of an agenda item suggesting a meeting of interested parties "concerning services and providers at the Beatty Medical Clinic and al other matters properly relating thereto."

Nugget to host cat adoption
Pahrump residents will have the opportunity to take home a new cat Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Pahrump Super Cat Adoption Event to be held at the Pahrump Nugget Hotel & Casino.

Richardson drive offers barbecue
Supporters for Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson will throw a barbecue for the public from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, by the horseshoe pit at Petrack Park.

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Liakopoulos ethics charge tossed out
A two-member state panel Wednesday dismissed an ethics complaint filed by TV talk show host Harley Kulkin against Nye County Commissioner Peter Liakopoulos.

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