HORACE LANGFORD JR. / PVT Actor Ed Begley Jr. and Deidre Radford of Bombard Renewable Energy discuss emergy conservation during the VEA Energy Symposium.

VEA program lauded as a watershed event
As John Denver's song, "Sunshine on my Shoulders" played across the Pahrump Nugget Casino parking lot, dignitaries heaped praise on the Valley Electric Association solar hot water heater program Saturday morning as the first of its kind on such a scale in the U.S.

Shupp, Dolan recalls fizzle
After an aggressive three-month campaign to gather signatures, Recalls R Us fell short in its effort to gather the required 2,473 signatures to force Pahrump Town Board Chairman Nicole Shupp or Vice Chairman Bill Dolan into recall elections.


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:

H1N1 vaccinations planned
Nye County Emergency Services, in conjunction with the Nye County School District and the Nevada Health and Human Services Division has an innovative point of distribution plan (POD) for vaccinations throughout the county.

Birth Announcements

PHOTOS: MOTORCYCLE EXAM

PHOTOS: ROLLOVER NEAR JOHNNIE

Sept. 11 memorial is Friday
Friday there will be a memorial and services in remembrance of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks at the United Methodist Church, located on the corner of Highway 372 and Pahrump Valley Boulevard.

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Emergency Services launches flu effort
Nye County Emergency Services has launched a comprehensive, proactive plan to reduce the likelihood that the swine flu, now called the H1N1 virus, will spread throughout Nye County.

BOOK REVIEW: Like watching an old 'Dr. Kildare'
It started with one minor thing: a nifty freebie, a decoration, gag gift or souvenir from a vacationing friend. The second item joined the first one pretty quickly, and the third wasn't far behind. You knew you were in trouble when you noticed you were actually looking for them wherever you went anywhere, and you had them on display somewhere.

Community Calendar

Computer helps, hinders 2009-10 school schedule
It's no longer necessary for mom or dad to fish out a rumpled test paper from the bottom of a gym bag full of sweaty clothing to see how students are doing at school.

Roberts addresses education secretary
School Superintendent Rob Roberts was in Carson City last week, where he definitely knows his way around the capitol building, meeting regularly with legislators and Gov. Jim Gibbons.

Correction

California Lottery
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday's drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $23 million.

Sun will provide most of power for hot water
Sixty people sat in a workshop listening to a talk about hot water heaters during the Valley Electric Association 2009 Energy Symposium on the Saturday morning of Labor Day weekend.

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