The process of incorporating Pahrump into a city (the fourth attempt within the last 12 years) took another step forward with the official appointment of seven Incorporation Advisory Board members and two alternates.

Although the board was initially prepared to conduct interviews with applicants and go through a selection process, ultimately that wasn't necessary as the nine people appointed were the only ones to apply.

The two alternates were deemed such because their applications came in late.

The new advisory board members are:

Charlie Gronda, airport planning director, will find himself working to make Pahrump a city once again with his appointment to the advisory board.

Gronda, who has lived in Pahrump since 1993, was a member of the Pahrump Cityhood Association, a group that did extensive research and lobbying to turn the town into a city back in 2000.

Gronda is no stranger to the happenings about town, having been a town board member from 1997 to 2000.

Allan Parker, of the Rural Nevada Development Corp., will also be bringing incorporation experience to the board.

Parker was an active member of the Sunrise City Hood Association, which led the incorporation effort of 2005.

"I have had extensive experience with governmental incorporation, contracts, finances and infrastructure," Parker wrote in his cover letter.

Former fire department captain and current chairman of the Fall Festival Committee Bob Irving was appointed, stating in his written application that some of his goals if appointed to the board would be to foster a tax base that would support the town's growth, a better fire department, and increase recreational facilities for the town's youth.

Irving has been a resident of Pahrump for the last four years and is retired from a 36-year military career.

"We sure are not going to improve our quality of life if we let state or county government dictate how and what we can or cannot do," Irving wrote in his cover letter.

Robert Aberle is bringing a wide-range of experience in law enforcement and security to the new board, including having been a bailiff in Pahrump Justice Court from 2002 to 2005.

In addition, Aberle touts a "proven track record in the development and implementation of new projects and task forces."

Currently, Aberle is a full-time criminal justice instructor at the Community College of Southern Nevada.

R. Darce Wilson, a real estate agent and mortgage consultant, touts experience and expertise in developing large projects.

Wison said he volunteered to be on the board because he was "trying to support the vast majority of the demographic that is in the area."

Bill Verbeck, an educator and recent resident of Pahrump, also volunteered his services to the board.

Verbeck has taught at numerous community colleges throughout the country, and was dean of instruction at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno.

"My career in vocational-technical education at community colleges...required me to be active in the community, especially with chambers, task forces, committees, and boards with missions relative to economic growth and workforce development," Verbeck wrote in his cover letter.

Billy R. Toller was appointed to the advisory board as an alternate along with Margaret Long since their applications were late.