FROM THE ROD POTEETE COLLECTION Pahrump Valley's first baseball field was directly behind the football stadium. When the PVHS building, circa 1991, was constructed, the original baseball complex was eliminated, except for the trees that still exist. Advertisement

Random notes ... surfing the pages of the Pahrump Valley Times, from January 1977 through summer 1981 ...

Paul Bullock, a native of Red Bluff, Calif., was named the first golf pro at the brand-new Calvada Valley Golf & Country Club being constructed on the old Pahrump Ranch, across the street from the high school campus. The back nine was under construction; it was slated to be open in September 1978.

A junior high wrestling team represented Pahrump in a tournament at Indian Springs. The school board approved varsity wrestling programs for Pahrump Valley and Tonopah high schools in 1977.

Kelly Costley was a student at Southern Utah University in Cedar City; the former Pahrump Valley standout -- to be inducted into the school's athletics hall of fame in September 2008 -- was on the volleyball team.

The football lights for the PVHS field were priced at $18,000; a $9,000 grant, plus $5,000 from the parks and recreation department would help pay for them.

The 1978 PVHS football team went to the Los Angeles Coliseum to see a National Football League game between the Rams and the Green Bay Packers in December.

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In 1979, the Nye County school population was 1,721, with 637 in the Pahrump Valley.

Death Valley Junction -- 240 acres -- was for sale, with a price tag of $450,000. On the property was a 46-room hotel.

A charter for an American Legion post in Pahrump was granted in 1979.

It was noted that in 1908, Manhattan in Nye County had a population of more than 4,000.

In April 1979, poker returned to the Saddle West, with $10 buy-ins, $1 and $3 limit 7-card stud the main spread. Lloyd F. Jones and Gary F. Jones were in charge.

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Two tennis courts in Community Park were planned for summer 1980. The courts were to be located near the horseshoe pitching courts.

Slow-pitch softball was to be introduced at the park in April 1980. Eight teams were to compete.

Bob Bandozian won the second annual Calvada Cup with an 11-under score of 129 at the Calvada Valley golf course. Lee Mankins had won the first Cup title in 1979.

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A Title IX meeting was held at Pahrump Valley High School in spring 1980. That federal law requires that females have equal rights to compete in athletics.

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Youth baseball attracted 175 players in summer 1980 in the valley; games were played at the community park.

The new baseball field on the PVHS campus was near completion in August 1980.

Tennis lessons were to be taught at the courts in July 1980.

A contract for the construction of a 5,000-square foot clubhouse at the Calvada Valley Golf & Country Club was awarded to Schnelzer Construction. The building would include a pro shop and lounge.

Bob Hammel announced plans to build an eight-lane bowling center at the corner of Calvada and Pahrump Valley boulevards. The cost would be $750,000, with the building to cover 25,000 square feet. Construction was to begin in early 1981.

The Pahrump valley was to be included in the 1,200-mile, $40,000 Nevada Road Rally in December 1980.

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The Nye County school board discussed the building of a second gym for Pahrump Valley and Tonopah high schools. The project actually led to the construction of what is now J.G. Johnson Elementary School on Jack Rabbit Street. That building has a gym.

The Nye County school board announced that the 1981-82 budget would be $5,822,971 and that enrollment would hit 2,242 students.