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A landmark ruling released on Monday, June 15, has likely set the stage for a flurry of intense negotiations, fierce wrangling and legal challenges over water for a long time to come. And at the center of it all is the primary source of water for the Moapa

Valley community: the Warm Springs headwaters of the Muddy River.

The ruling officially defines the boundaries of a mammoth underground aquifer called the Lower White River Flow Sys-tem (LWRFS). This system ex-ists beneath a roughly 50,000 square mile area of stark desert landscape in northeastern Clark

State Engineer ruling tightens down on groundwater pumpingCounty and a portion of Lincoln County.

The super-basin is composed of no less than five smaller hydro-graphic basins including Coyote Springs Valley, Black Mountains Area, Garnet Valley, Hidden Val-ley (just north of Apex), Califor-nia Wash and the Muddy River Springs Area.

A top priority is the delicate

By VERNON ROBISON

The Progress

Warm Springs area at the head of the Muddy River which is fed by the LWRFS. This area includes the habitat for the Moapa dace, a finger-sized fish living only in the Muddy River headwaters. The dace has been on the federal en-dangered species list since 1967.

Last week’s ruling declared that a connection exists between the five component basins. Pump-

ing from the aquifer in any one of the basins will affect ground wa-ter levels throughout the system, especially at Warm Springs, the ruling said.

This was made clear by a test pump, ordered by the State En-gineer and completed in 2012. The 2-year test, which pumped

See Water on page 7A

The Moapa Valley fireworks display is back on for the evening of the Fourth of July at the Lo-gandale Fairgrounds.

Scarcely two days after coordi-nators had given up on the show and had even formally announced its cancellation, hopes for the annual display were suddenly revived through the advocacy of County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick and Moapa Valley Fire District Chief Stephen Neel.

The problem had originally stemmed from a small change made last year to the county fire code.

Previously, the code required all fireworks displays in Clark County to carry $2 million in lia-bility coverage. This had not been a problem before as the fireworks supplier for the Moapa Valley show had actually offered that level of insurance product bun-dled in with the cost of the fire-works.

But in 2019, that insurance requirement in the code was in-creased to $5 million. That put the liability in a whole new category. There were very few insurers that would even offer such a policy. And for those that would, the cost skyrocketed to around $25,000 in premiums.

That kind of money for insur-ance was simply not available to the small volunteer organization that each year must scrape to-gether community donations for a small fireworks display.

Moapa Valley Fire District volunteer Elwin Brown, who has acted as the licensed pyrotech-nics director for the local show for nearly 20 years now, appealed to county officials for a waiver to the requirement. In the past, such waivers had been granted due to the small scale and remoteness of the Moapa Valley show.

But Brown was told that no waivers would be granted this year.

On Monday, June 15, after ex-ploring what they thought were all possible options, local coor-dinators sadly pulled the plug on this year’s fireworks show. They posted a notice out on so-cial media outlets and an article appeared in last week’s edition of The Progress announcing that the show would not go on.

But scarcely a day after the newspaper hit the streets last week, hope for the fireworks was rekindled. MVFD Chief Stephen Neel, who had been out of town over the weekend, heard about the news and went immediately into action.

He called Kirkpatrick and, together, they were able to suc-cessfully push for a waiver to the insurance requirement. By Thurs-

MV fireworks show back on

this yearBy VERNON ROBISON

The Progress

See Fireworks on page 6A

Things got hot on Saturday, June 20. And it was more than just a summer heat wave.

The Moapa Valley Fire District (MVFD) held a live burn training beginning at around 11 a.m. on Saturday at a home on Pioneer

Street in Logandale.MVFD Chief Steve Neel said

it was a great opportunity for his volunteer firefighters.

“We have been doing training here all week and it has been a wonderful opportunity for all of our firefighters, both new and sea-soned,” Neel said. “They are able to get more experience and hone skills for fighting fires. Everyone

Live burn firefighter training

By NICK YAMASHITA

The Progress

NICK YAMASHITA/ The ProgressMVFD firefighters prepare to enter a smoke-filled building during a live burn training at a Logandale home Saturday.

is loving it and several are talking about it being the best training ever.”

Gary and Melanie Robison, who own the Logandale home which was scheduled for full demolition, decided to open it up first to the MVFD for the training.

“We have known for a while the house needed to be demol-ished,” said Gary Robison. “But

as a multi-generational firefighter family, we felt this would help the local department.”

Robison said that he had gone through struggles for four years now with the county building department in getting permits to demolish the old home and re-build a new on in its place. The

See Live Burn on page 6A

With an eye on adhering to safety first, the Eureka Resort in Mesquite has scaled back its tra-ditional “Rockets Over the Red Mesa” 4th of July celebration this year. The patriotic commu-nity event will be pared down to a fireworks only evening for this year. The event will bypas the usual outdoor festivities and the POP Orchestra for this year.

The Fireworks show will begin

at 9PM on July 4. As of this pub-lication the Eureka was unsure of how much of the public it would host on site. Resort officials had not yet decided whether an area in the parking lot would be cleared this year for chairs to be set up for spectators. But they do expect there will be a lot of tailgating on site.

The display will be coordinat-ed by pyrotechnician Will Scott owner of the Las Vegas Display

Safety first for Eureka’s fireworks display

By BOBBIE GREEN

The Progress

A photo from pyrotechnics company Las Vegas Display Fireworks showing the difference in size between the various fireworks shells. The fireworks show will take place at the Eureka Resort this year, though the overall celebration has been downsized due to COVID-19 restric-tions.

See Eureka on page 7A

The Moapa Travel will be holding its annual Independence Day celebration this year on the evenings of July 3 and 4.

Until last week, it was some-what uncertain whether this ma-jor regional event would take place this year due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic. But the show will go on, though it will be at a somewhat lesser scale than in year’s past.

The headliner concert event

will not take place this year. In addition, a professional fireworks show will also not take place.

Instead, this year’s festival will feature a number of food vendors. And the Plaza store and casino will be open to the public.

Customers are encouraged to purchase their own fireworks display and shoot them off at the customer launch area. This is ex-pected to bring a big fireworks show all its own.

Several new safety procedures

Travel Plaza to hold scaled back July 4th partyBy NICK YAMASHITA

The Progress

See Plaza 4th on page 3A

The Moapa Valley Revitaliza-tion Project (MVRP) is holding its annual ‘Spirit award’ contest, asking local businesses to deco-rate their storefronts as the 4th of July approaches.

This is the 8th year that MVRP has selected a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ‘Spirit’ award winner from Moapa Valley businesses who show their patriotic spirit by dec-

orating for the holiday. “Our country has experienced

serious challenges this year, and this is our opportunity to come together as a community to show pride and respect for our country, our freedom and our way of life,” said MVRP President Mary Kaye Washburn.

Decorate businesses now for annual ‘Spirit Award’ contest

See Contest on page 2A

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The 1st place winner of the contest will host a traveling plaque with their business name embossed on the ‘2020’ year’s spot. Currently, Sugar’s Home Plate restaurant has the award displayed after winning the 2019 competition.

Committee members will be

judging the contest on Friday, July 3. First, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be announced at the July 4th program just before the fireworks at the Fairgrounds.

“We will drive from Overton through Glendale, Moapa and the Reservation looking for decorat-ed storefronts,” Washburn said. “You can also email TheMVRP@gmail.com to notify us of your plans to decorate so we’ll be sure to include your business.”

Contestfrom page 1A

What started as simple chat-ter on social media has led to an investigation of sorts into the

mysterious “lighting of the M” in Overton.

On Wednesdsay, June 15 Over-ton residents noticed that the white-washed M on the side of Mormon Mesa to the east, had

Who is responsible for the mysterious lighting of the ‘M’? By NICK YAMASHITA

The Progress

The ‘M’ on the Mormon Mesa to the east of Overton suddenly was alight last week. No one knows who was responsible, but the iconic letter representing Moapa Valley High School shined out at night by newly installed solar lights.

been lit up for the night. Those who witnessed the beauty of it wondered who and why the M was lit. Even though residents didn’t know the answers to these questions, they enjoyed seeing

the M softly lighted. The next night, it continued.

Then another night, and before residents knew it, the lit M had been on display all week long.

It was clear that the M was not on fire like is sometimes done during the traditional M week at the high school. No, this light was one of a pure white in color.

Investigation eventually led folks to the M site where it was observed that the symbol had what appeared to be solar pow-ered lights tracing around its shape.

Throughout the week, local community leaders were contact-ed, and no one knew who was behind this mysterious lighting of the M.

A few residents on social me-

dia said they believed it was the MVHS Class of 2020: the seniors just getting one more chance to experience a high school tradition before moving on.

Moapa Valley High School Principal Hal Mortensen was contacted. “I do not know who is behind the lighting of the M,” he said. “It is not the Seniors as I have not heard anything. Well whoever it is thank you as it cer-tainly is a beacon of light and it brings hope in a time when it is needed.”

The lighted visual was seen throughout the valley over the week and even reports of people enjoying the outline of the M from one lower end of Overton to the upper end of Logandale.

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will be in place at the Plaza for this year’s event.

The customer launch pad area has now been fenced off and will not be accessible to vehicles of any kind.

Signage has been posted to help remind visitors to follow safety guidelines.

Additional security officers and Plaza personnel have been hired for more visual presence in the area and on the property at the time of the event.

The tribe encourages every-

one who visits to keep all CDC recommendations and social dis-tancing regulations in mind. Also, keep in smaller groups and dis-tance from others. Attendees are encouraged to bring face masks.

The Plaza administration has also implemented a couple of new policies and sales practices to help with the crowd control. This includes a new online ad-vance ordering system for fire-works which allows for curbside pick-up. A few other regulations have been put in place and will be specified as people shop.

Event parking will begin at 4 pm on both days.

Plaza 4thfrom page 1A

It all started as a simple invi-tation to dance, and from there it went viral.

Logandale resident Josh Mel-vin, who works in Las Vegas as a Metropolitan Police officer, found himself in the spotlight last week for showing off his dancing skills with a group of young people on the streets of Las Vegas.

On Tuesday, June 16, Melvin was stationed in his vehicle on J Street near Owens Avenue. In an interview with The Progress on Friday, Melvin explained that, because of a murder that had occurred a few weeks ago at an apartment building in that neigh-borhood, a Metro patrol car had been stationed there 24/7 to watch over things there. On that Tues-day, Melvin had this assignment.

As he kept an eye on the neigh-borhood, Melvin’s patrol car was approached by a small group of young people from the neigh-borhood. Melvin spoke to them through the window of his car.

“One of them told me that his friend had just made a bet with him for $100 that I wouldn’t get out of the car and dance with them,” Melvin said. “I told him that his friend was about to lose

his money because I would defi-nitely dance with them.”

To the great joy of this neigh-borhood group, Melvin got out of his car right away. And the music and dancing started right there in the street.

Officer Melvin’s wife Charlie joked that her husband doesn’t usually need much of an invita-tion to get him started dancing.

“He loves to dance, so it is not even a question,” she said. “I al-ways say that I got won over by him at a church dance. He has

Dancing cop builds bridges

Metro Officer Josh Melvin, a Logandale resident, became the life of the party on Tuesday last week when he accepted an impromptu invitation to dance with a group of young people in a Las Vegas neighborhood. This video was later posted to social media and went viral last week.

By VERNON ROBISON

The Progress

some moves!”One of the neighbors made a

video of this unusual dance par-ty. The video was posted to so-

cial media and within day or two it had already received nearly 30,000 views.

The video found its way onto the local news programs of most of the Las Vegas TV stations. And Charlie was even contacted by national news outlets asking for permission to use the video.

This experience has built some positive relationships in the neighborhood, Officer Melvin said. Those relationships with the

public are vital in being an effec-tive police officer, he said.

“Sometimes it is hard in some of these neighborhoods because people are afraid to approach the police or say anything about what they have seen,” Melvin said. “We want people, especial-ly young people, to know that the police are not just about giving out tickets or taking you to jail.We are just regular people and they don’t need to be afraid of us.”

See Dancing Cop on page 6A

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No One Asked Me But...By DR. LARRY MOSES

No One Asked Me But…Race relations in America has been an on-going problem since the origin of the country. In August 1619, captive Africans first touched the soil at Point Comfort, Virginia. This marked a transition from the white indentured servant (slave) system, familiar in Europe at the time, to a reliance on African slavery. Yes, I am aware there were a number of differences in the indentured servant system and black slavery. However, the indentured servant was no less a slave.

Do not make the mistake of thinking the above statement is a defense of the institution of slav-ery, it is not. Slavery in any form is wrong. There is no redeeming grace in the institution of slavery. There is no justification for treat-ing any human as though they are less a person than another. With-out a doubt the greatest plight on American society has been the de-humanization of certain segments of the American population.

To fully understand the un-derlying issues of prejudice one needs to look at the Mid-west where prejudice ran rampant though out a multitude of cul-tures. Des Moines, Iowa, where I spent the first 20 years of my life, was sectioned off by de-facto segregation. There were separate parts of town set aside for Blacks, Hispanics, Italians, Jews, and Caucasians. This resulted in seg-regated schools, churches, ceme-teries, and neighborhoods.

When my wife and I came to Las Vegas for the first time to vis-it her brother in 1962, we violated the color barrier that we did not know existed. When we arrived, her brother was not home so we went to dinner at the first casino we came to, the Moulin Rouge. When we returned to her broth-er’s home, he explained that we had eaten at the “Black” casino. He explained that blacks were not welcome at the other estab-lishments in town. In fact, it was as late as the 1960’s when Bill Russell, an NBA star, was escort-ed from a downtown casino and directed to the Moulin Rouge. While Sammy Davis Jr. could per-form with his “Ratpack” buddies; Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, and Dean Martin, he could not have a room in the casino in which he performed. When I moved to Las

Vegas in 1967, the town was still run by mobsters and was still seg-regated with the “West-side” des-ignated as a community for Black Las Vegans.

President Truman (a Democrat) officially integrated the American military with Executive Order 9981 on July 26, 1948, abolish-ing discrimination “on the basis of race, color, religion or nation-al origin” in the United States Armed Forces. Senator Robert Byrd, a Democrat from West Vir-ginia stated “I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side. Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glo-ry trampled in the dirt never to rise again than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.” This is an interesting statement from a man who never served in the military of his coun-try. In spite of Senator Byrd’s op-position, the American military quickly integrated. During the Korean Conflict no one seemed to care the color a man skin when it came to turning back the hordes of Chinese and North Korean troops in the heat of combat.

It is of little wonder that the Democrats are interested in blot-ting out the history of American bigotry since they are the histori-cal defenders of slavery and seg-regation. One should keep in mind that slave holders for the most part were Democrats. Throughout American history the champions of segregation have been Demo-crats. President D.D. Eisenhower, a Republican, nationalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent the 101st Airborne to Little Rock, Arkansas to escort nine black children into Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, a Dem-ocrat, had surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent its federal court-ordered racial integration. It was not until the Presidency of John F. Kenne-dy (1961-63) that the Democrat Party became the champion of Black civil rights.

The Ku Klux Klan was found-ed in the summer of 1867, under the leadership of the ex-Confed-erate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. It was an organization put together in an attempt to neu-tralize the 13th and 14th Amend-

ments to the Constitution. Gen-eral Forrest was in charge of the Confederate Troops that captured Fort Pillow and after the battle threw surviving Black Union Sol-diers into fires built specifically for that purpose. Prior to the war Forrest was elected a Memphis city alderman as a Democrat and served two consecutive terms.

The most famous segregation-ists in American history have been Democrats. Two of the best know examples are Gov. George Wallace and Senator Robert Byrd. Gov. Wallace declared: “In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyr-anny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segrega-tion forever.”

Senator Robert Byrd, who was the longest serving member of the United States Senate, filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for 14 hours and 13 minutes, in hopes of defeating its passages. The Civil Rights Act provided protection of voting rights; banned discrimina-tion in public facilities—includ-ing private businesses offering public services—such as lunch counters, hotels, and theaters; and established equal employment opportunity as the law of the land.

It is little wonder that those who wish to paint all Republi-cans and especially President Donald Trump as racists would not want the American people to remember American racial histo-ry. Most of those statues that are being taken down are statues of Democrats. Racism and sexual perdition are the death terms for the 2020 election. The Democrat controlled media will ask that we forget the racist history of the Democrat Party. The Democrats will not want the American peo-ple know that their presidential candidate, Joe Biden, eulogized Senator Robert Byrd, an avowed segregationist, as his mentor in the United States Senate.

Democrats are quick to point out that by today’s standards President Lincoln was a racists. They may have a valid point for his emancipation program includ-ed the deportation of the freed slaves to Liberia, Africa. Liberia was established on land acquired for by the American Colonization Society, which founded a colony at Cape Mesurado in 1821, to house free blacks from the slave states of America.

Thought of the week… “Peo-ple change, though, especially af-ter they are dead.”

- Margaret Atwood

From our readers....Thanks for covering Mesquite

Thank you for including Mes-quite news in your paper!

I lived in Moapa 25 years ago and worked at the Casablanca in Mesquite. My husband and I sold our custom built home and moved out of state. After he passed away, I decided I would like to move back to the area.

I flew out to check on a place to move in the area. I was in tears to see how all the beautiful farms were decimated by the diversion of the Wamr Springs water to “save” the Moapa dace fish.

I then paid a visit to Overton Beach, once a dream place to boat

and fish, only to find it gone!I could not find a place to rent

in the Moapa Valley that would allow a pet. So I found a rental in Mesquite.

I enjoy your paper as I care what is going on in the Moapa Valley and its residents. I would hope they would care about the people and events in Mesquite. Hopefully, it will increase your advertising for more businesses and help pay for your publishing costs.

Keep up the good work!

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The PROGRESS Wednesday, June 24, 2020 • 5A

The process took a little lon-ger than usual this time around. It was more than a week after the June 9 Election Day that the final results for the 2020 Nevada Pri-mary Election were released and canvassed on Friday, June 19.

But there seemed to be a pos-itive side to the mail-in ballot approach taken by the state of Nevada during the COVID-19 pandemic. That was an unusually strong turnout; at least for a pri-mary election.

The statewide voter turnout came in at 29.49 percent. That is compared to only about 23 per-cent in 2018 and 20 percent in 2016.

In Clark County, the voter turn-out came in at 26.88 percent this year. That was high compared to the 18 percent that was seen in 2018 and 16 percent in 2016.

Mesquite City CouncilThe voter turnout was strong in

the city of Mesquite as well with a total of 6,066 ballots cast.

In the City Council Seat 2, incumbent Brian Wursten was the clear winner ending up with a total of 3,031 votes at 53.36 per-cent.

Since Wursten won the prima-ry with more than 50 percent of the vote, he was declared the win-ner of the race. He will not have to face a final runoff in the gener-al election.

“I am grateful that the voters felt comfortable with me enough to vote me back in,” Wursten said in an interview late last week. “It will be an honor to return for an-other term.”

Wursten also expressed appre-ciation for the candidates who had run against him. “They are both wonderful people with a lot to offer,” he said. “I hope that they will continue to be involved and run again.”

The other two candidates were Karen Dutkowski, who received

32.18 percent or 1,828 votes, and Ronnie Skurow who got 14.45 percent totalling 821 votes.

The race for City Council Seat 5 was a lot closer. The frontrunner in the race was Karen Fielding who ended up with 2,131 votes or 37.02 percent.

Fielding said that she was ex-cited and grateful to see so much support from the voters.

“This community means every-thing to me,” she said. “I am just passionate about it. I want to be one on the council who represents everyone no matter who you are. I just hope that we can all work together on being the change that we want to see in our great city.”

Coming in a close second place was Wes Boger who received 1,930 votes or 33.52 percent. That puts both Boger and Field-ing on the general election ballot in November for the final runoff.

Boger commented that, as he watched the results come in, he had been surprised how close the numbers stayed.

“Things were a lot closer than I expected,” Boger said of the race. “It was a challenge with the lim-ited campaigning we were able to do. But it has been a great expe-rience and I look forward to No-vember.”

Also running for Seat 5 was Steve Lisk who received 1,292 votes at 22.44 percent; and Paul Wanlass who got 404 votes at 7 percent.

State AssemblyThe Republican race for As-

sembly District 36 was a nail-biter for much of the week as the results filtered in slowly. Incum-bent Gregory Hafen II was edging just ahead of N. Las Vegas chal-lenger Joe Bradley for much of the week.

In the end, Hafen was able to retain and strengthen his lead and ended up winning with 54.87 per-cent of the vote.

Because no Democratic chal-lenger filed to run in District 36, the primary election is the final

2020 Nevada primary election results confirmedBy VERNON ROBISON

The Progress

decision. Thus, Hafen will not run against an opponent in No-vember.

Hafen was assisted by a strong showing in the Moapa Valley and in Lincoln County. District 36 takes in the northern end of Moapa Valley including the Lo-gandale precincts and those of Moapa. But it also includes a small corner of the Las Vegas val-ley.

Hafen took 60 percent of the Clark County Republican votes and 64 percent of Lincoln County.

The margin was much slimmer in Hafen’s native Nye County. Though he still led there, it was with a much closer 52 percent of the GOP vote.

“I am grateful for all the sup-port I received throughout the district,” Hafen said, “especially from the folks in Moapa Valley. I think a lion’s share of the majori-ty lead came in from out there. It made a big difference.”

Hafen acknowledged that the upcoming session would be full of challenges. He said that he had already been researching different budget scenarios in an attempt to prepare for the special session which is expected to be held in the next few weeks.

“It is such an honor to go back to Carson City and represent Dis-trict 36 again,” Hafen said. “I’m grateful for that.”

The big upset happened in the race for District 19, which in-cludes Mesquite, Overton and a small portion of the Las Vegas valley. In that contest, Mesquite City Councilwoman Annie Black pulled off a big win.

Black ended up carrying more than 61 percent of the vote against incumbent Chris Edwards who has served three terms in the seat.

This race was also run without a Democratic contender, so Black has won the seat without a race in November.

CCSD District B

The race for Clark County School District Seat B saw a

crowded field of eight candidates. A relatively even distribution of votes resulted across those can-didates. But there were two clear front-runners who will advance to the November election.

Katie Williams of North Las Vegas chalked up the most votes in the race, ending up with 23.92 percent of the vote.

“This election is a clear signal that the voters of District B are tired of the status quo that they have seen from their elected rep-resentation over the last decade,” Williams said in a written state-ment last week. “Most of us have the same goal – to improve edu-cation for our children. Together we will change the Clark County School District for the better.”

Logandale resident Jeff Proffitt took second in the race with 18.69 percent. In an interview last week, Proffitt said that he was pleased with the support he had received and looked forward to bringing the various voices together in a unified race in November.

“There are a lot of folks that are very good about being against things,” Proffitt said. “But that isn’t enough. You have to have a few key things that you are going to be for, and then really go after those.”

Because he lives in Logandale Proffitt said he has already ex-perienced first hand a successful model for how education should work.

“The level of involvement and close-knit community working toward positive results in school that works so well here; that is an example of where we need to bring more of the rural ways to the big city and not the other way around,” Proffitt said. “It is a great model that I’d like to see influence some of the urban schools.”

US Congressional RacesIn Congressional District 4,

Democratic incumbent Steven Horsford dominated the field, ending up with 75 percent of the

Democrat vote. In the Republican primary for

CD4, Jim Marchant kept a solid lead in the race against a handful of other GOP candidates. March-ant ended up with 34.75 percent. The second place candidate was Sam Peters with 28.12 percent.

Local races coming up in November

In the upcoming general elec-tion, several local races will ap-pear on the ballot which had no primary race.

On the Moapa Valley Water District Board there will be two seats up for decision.

The race for a Logandale board seat will include incumbent Lind-sey Dalley as well as Bryan Dors-ey and Stan Hardy.

In the Overton seat, incumbent Ken Staton has reached his term limit. Running to replace Staton will be Derek Campbell, Scott Farnsworth, Kelby Robison and Mitchell Tobler.

On the Virgin Valley Water District Board, a Mesquite seat will be decided. Running for that seat will be Randy Laub and Mi-chael McGreer.

In the Overton Power District Mesquite seat race, incumbent Michael Young will be up against challenger Jacob Noll.

Finally, appearing on the No-vember ballot will be two candi-dates facing off for the office of Mesquite Mayor. These include incumbent Al Litman and Mes-quite City Attorney Bob Sweetin.

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NICK YAMASHITA/ The ProgressMVFD trainees and trainers get together at the end of a live burn training held Saturday at a condemned Logandale home that had been opened up for the exercises.

foundation for the old home has been settling for some time and the structure had been deemed beyond repair.

“I think it was good today to actually have this happen,” Rob-ison said. “It shows we are finally getting things done.”

The house was built by Gary’s parents David and Sherron Robi-son. David, who passed away in 2017, was well-known as a world class tinkerer, restoring cars and tractors as well as creating many interesting inventions in his workshop which was on site. He spent his career as a firefighter for the City of Las Vegas.

The multi-level house served the MVFD volunteers well in their training. They were able to perform ladder rescues, walk-throughs, study fire dynamics,

flashover recognition, fire behav-ior and more.

“We originally planned a month ago to do an entire struc-ture burn,” said MVFD Assistant Chief Adam Smith who coordi-nated the training. “Unfortunate-ly due to Clark County Code, we were only able to do a more cen-tralized burn where we had the fire contained within a barrel with a little bit of the structure on fire in a room of the house. It wasn’t what we were hoping for, but it definitely still was beneficial for our training.”

MVFD personnel were sep-arated into four groups. One by one they got in their full turnouts and ready to go. They entered the smoke-filled house wto battle the blaze.

The summer heat was a con-cern. The burn started at 11 a.m. with an outside temperature of 96 degrees. By the end of the train-

ing at 2:30 p.m., it was 104 de-grees outside.

EMTs and emergency medical staff were at the ready to provide aid when each group was finished with their rotation.

Each firefighter was immedi-ately seated after removing their turnout gear. Temperatures were taken and cool wash clothes were used to cooled them down.

Even with the extreme heat

conditions, many of the trainees enjoyed the opportunity to test their skills.

“It was so much fun!” MVFD volunteer Jennifer Rubio said.

When all was said and done, the 26 trainees, along with their in-structors, were red-faced, sweaty and smiling for a final photo to-gether in front of the house.

Both Neel and Smith expressed gratitude for the trainees as well

as members of the Clark County Fire Department who came and helped with the training.

“We could not have done this without the help of the CCFD,” Smith said. “I am also so appre-ciative of my trainees getting up and coming here to do this train-ing. They worked hard and it paid off. We are so lucky to have train-ing like this live burn.”

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day afternoon, the approvals had been given and the fireworks show was back on.

Neel explained that part of the problem causing the deadlock had been a lack of communications to the right people. The MVFD of-ficially separated from County oversight last year and became a more independent entity. Since then, district officials have more influence and control over these types of issues in the community.

“I think we are still getting used to the idea of being an in-dependent entity, and who to go to when we run into a problem like this,” Neel said. “But we are learning and we will get there.”

Even so, pushing for the waiv-er this year was just a temporary fix to the problem. Neel said he wants to push for a more formal revision of the fire code so that this issue will not come up again in the future.

Neel said he wants to create a special carve-out in the code for rural communities to be able to have small fireworks displays without having to seek a waiver for, what to them, is an excessive

insurance requirement. “What we need is a change

to the code,” Neel said. “And in order to do that, I need the com-munity behind me on it. We need to hear from members of the com-munity that they are in support of such an idea.”

Neel has put an item on the agenda of the next MVFD board meeting to discuss pushing for the code change. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 30 in the Overton Community Center.

“We hope that the public will show up and put comments on the record that are in support of what we want to do,” Neel said.

In the meantime, the fireworks for this year’s display have been ordered and plans are underway for the show to go on.

Due to state COVID-19 restric-tions on public gatherings of over 50 people, the fairground lawn will still be closed and locked on the night of July 4. But local resi-dents can come in their own vehi-cles and park in the west parking lot, between the fairgrounds and Bowler Elementary School, to

watch the show. Community members are

working together to broadcast the music for the fireworks display over an FM radio frequency for the crowd to enjoy.

None of the other traditional July 4th activity lineup will be taking place. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the community breakfast, morning activities and evening meal have all been can-celled

Local July 4 celebration com-mittee chairperson Lori Hous-ton said that she was overjoyed that the fireworks show has been saved this year.

“We want to give a special ‘thank you’ to Commissioner Kirkpatrick and Chief Neel for all their hard work in getting us through the red tape we couldn’t get through on our own,” Hous-ton said. “This long-standing community celebration is so im-portant to us. I just feel like cele-brating our freedoms is especially important this year. So we appre-ciate all the efforts to get us back on track.”

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Officer Josh Melvin (left) and his wife Charlie (right) meet with Khalilah (center), the mother of one of the young men who invited Josh to dance with he and his friends.

“This experience opened up a good relationship, at least with that group of people,” Melvin added. “Hopefully it will grow from there.”

Officer Melvin and his wife paid a repeat visit to the neigh-

borhood on Thurs-day night to attend a Metro-coordinated community event and to meet the mother of one of the two young men who had originally placed the bet. She was also a participant in the now-famous dance party.

Charlie comment-ed that, with all the division being felt currently in the na-tion, this experi-

ence of making new friends was life-affirming.

“Things have been so crazy and so negative towards cops,” Charlie said. “But most of the police are good people, like my husband. They don’t want to be looked at as bad people. Josh is a great cop and he loves the com-munity where he works and its people.”

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An acre foot of water is 326,000 gallons, roughly enough to sup-ply one Moapa Valley household with water for a year.

The dilemma is that the LWRFS currently has about 40,000 afy in already-committed groundwater rights issued. This over-allocation, and the inevita-ble spring water decline it could cause, would pose a problem to the most senior Muddy River wa-ter users, as well as to the habitat of the dace.

So last week’s order limited groundwater pumping to only 8,000 afy for all water rights holders in the system combined.

The limit tightly protects senior water rights holders and is intend-ed to keep enough water flowing at Warm Springs to preserve the dace habitat.

The limit could have the most devastating effect on plans for de-velopment in the Coyote Springs valley. Development compa-ny Coyote Springs Investments (CSI) has applied for thousands of LWRFS water rights over the past three decades to supply the huge master-planned develop-ment being proposed.

The development was original-ly planned to be a community of

150,000 people including no less than 10 golf courses, a number of hotel/casinos and many oth-er commercial and recreational amenities.

The development has been in a holding pattern for more than a decade because of poor mar-ket conditions and various legal wranglings between development partners.

But in 2018, just as CSI offi-cials were finally preparing to move forward, then-State Engi-neer Jason King put the project on hold again. King blocked all con-struction claiming there wasn’t enough water to support the proj-ect. Since then, CSI has been halt-ed, awaiting a final ruling.

Coyote Springs Investments CEO Emilia Cargill declined to make a comment on the ruling last week. She did say that the developer is reviewing the ruling carefully and evaluating their po-sition going forward.

But CSI isn’t the only entity affected. The ruling could put the Moapa Valley Water District (MVWD) in a tight spot in sup-plying future, and possibly even current, water needs for the com-munity.

The district’s Arrow Canyon wellsite, located just above the Warm Springs area, is the prima-ry production well for culinary water in the Moapa Valley com-munities. Currently, the district pumps between 2600-2900 afy from the Arrow Canyon source.

Though they date back to 1983, the Arrow Canyon water rights are not considered senior rights

in the system. Thus they will be placed among the thousands of other junior water rights that will be contending for the few rights that will be remaining after the senior rights are all served.

Still, MVWD General Man-ager Joe Davis likes the district’s chances.

“I think we can live with the limit of 8,000 afy,” Davis said. “We actually thought that 9,000 (afy) would have been the right number. But 8,000 is a more conservative number to be sure it doesn’t affect spring flows and the dace.”

Davis pointed out that last week’s ruling did not make a determination on who would, who and would not, end up with water. That was left up to all the stakeholders to work out, he said. So now the process begins on crunching 40,000 afy in current rights, many of which have never actually been in use, down to the new limit of 8,000 afy.

“We all have to get together and create a management plan on who gets to use what is left,” Davis said. “That is the hardest part. And there is no doubt that a lot of it is going to end up in the courts.”

MVWD has maintained throughout the process that mu-nicipal water suppliers, who have gone forward and built a commu-nity based on their certificated rights, should have a priority in that process.

“We have an already-existing community of 3,000 households,” Davis said. “This community has depended on that water source for more than 100 years. Throughout that time, we have grown, and we continue to grow, based on the certificated water resources that we have developed in our portfo-lio. So we are hoping to be held whole through all of this.”

“I can’t see how you can take water away from an already-es-tablished community that has been showing beneficial use for it all this time,” Davis added. “How do you take and give it to someone who has never pumped his water rights before. So, I think that our position is pretty strong.”

But what happens if the

MVWD is forced to take a cut in its Arrow Canyon rights, or forfeit them altogether? Davis re-sponded that the district still has senior rights in its portfolio held in reserve that it could use. But none of them are easy, nor are they cheap.

The district’s most senior right, a source called Jones Spring, pro-duces 724 afy. In a 2006 agree-ment between a multitude of entities including Southern Ne-vada Water Authority (SNWA) and CSI, the district pledged to stop diverting water from Jones Spring and allow that water to flow through the dace habitat. In return SNWA and CSI prom-ised to keep the district whole on those forfeited right by being first to cease pumping water from the system if certain triggers levels were reached in spring flow.

“So we are assured to have that water if we need it,” Davis said.

In addition, the MVWD has

a long-standing seasonal lease agreement with the Muddy Valley Irrigation Company (MVIC) on a Warm Springs water source called Baldwin Springs. But the district would have to negotiate a new lease agreement allowing year-round use of the spring. And that wouldn’t be cheap.

“Plus, you can’t really build a community based on leased wa-ter,” Davis said.

There is also an MVWD pro-duction well site near Wells Ave. in Logandale. And the district holds a large number of MVIC shares that it could access if need-ed. But both of these two options would require a costly treatment plant to be constructed to bring the water to culinary standards.

“We could manage it if we had to,” Davis said. “But the rates would have to go up substantially and the world would suddenly be-come a lot more expensive.”

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Fireworks Inc. Scott has been in business since 1981. This fami-ly-owned company has come to Mesquite for over 10 years, ever since the Eureka Resort had taken over the holiday celebration from the city.

“I like working for Eureka because they are consistent and there is so much space around us,” Scott said. “We can use larg-er-size displays.”

The whole operation takes about one week to set up, Scott said. On event night, all the fire-works are launched electronical-ly. That means it is very safe for the pyrotechnics crew show are 200 feet away from the shells.

“First, we must set-up the ar-rangement, the script for the dis-play,” Scott explained. “When we get to Mesquite, we must get all the permits from the city. The vehicle we drive is a licensed and insured HazMat vehicle in which to carry the fireworks.”

The next day they map out the locations on the hill for the shells to be placed.

The shells are then planted on the night of July 3. A guard then watches over them all night. The different size shell packs are stra-

tegically planned. “My company uses only high-

end quality stuff,” Scott said. “We attend 3-4 fireworks conventions per year and stay up-to-date on the latest.”

This year the display should last about 15 minutes, Scott said. And there will be some new items in the show that haven’t been seen before.

“There will be more aerials, since the audience will not be sit-ting in the same place this year,” Scott said.

Scott’s team will also be out on the hill on the 5th looking for any unexploded shell packs. They make sure everything is cleaned and safe.

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Lucas is a vivacious 5-year-old, much like any other. But he is on the autistic spectrum. And he was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma in 2018.

This Saturday, June 27, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, the Moapa Valley community is getting together to help Lucas and his

family. A # L I V E -L I K E -L U C A S fundraiser sale will be held in the Lin’s G r o c e r y s t o r e p a r k i n g lot.

A cou-ple of years ago, L u c a s s t a r t e d r u n n i n g

fevers, limping. Eventually a lump was noticed on his neck. Diagnosis for Neuroblastoma came from a successful biopsy.

Neuroblastoma is an aggres-sive cancer. So Lucas started che-motherapy immediately. He also had surgery to remove a tumor off his abdominal aorta.

“Neuroblastoma is a very tricky cancer because it can hide, and is hard to find on scans,” said Lucas’ grandmother, Melanie Barber of Moapa Valley. “Relapse is com-mon, so treatments are aggressive

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Valley LifeValley Life‘Live Like Lucas’ fundraiser to be held Saturday

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A fundraising event will be held Satur-day for Lucas who was diagnosed two years ago with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma.

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Dads and summer go together like fish and chips, biscuits and gravy, sunshine and southern Nevada. Dads are almost synon-ymous with backyard barbecues, boating on Lake Mead, camping in the mountains, fishing in the river, and ATV riding through the desert. So, perhaps it was fitting this year, that Father’s Day was celebrated on the official first day of summer.

Moapa Valley and Virgin Val-ley are blessed to have so many dads who work hard, support their families, and teach their kids. In an ideal world, we would be able to spotlight each and every one of them. But with limited space, The Progress has chosen to spot-light six great dads to represent all the great dads in our beautiful valleys.

Larry GriffithsWhen Logandale resident

Larry Griffiths married Sue, he brought two sons into the mar-riage, and she brought one.

“He has always been a good dad and a good example,” Sue said. “When the boys were younger, Larry had to work away from home a lot. But he loved his family more than anything.”

Larry was a member and re-cruiter for the National Guard. “He recruited all three boys,” Sue said. “That’s pretty good.”

Larry loved traveling with his family. “We really didn’t do any-thing unusual,” said Sue. “We went to Disneyworld in Florida, and we visited my family in Illi-nois and Larry’s family in Geor-gia.”

Larry’s son Jeff Jourdin had good things to say about his dad.

“He has an adopted son, a bio-logical son, and a stepson, and he has never treated any of any dif-ferent,” Jourdin said. “He has al-ways been a great dad and a great role model. He’s always been there for me.”

Cecil LeavittCecil Leavitt is a fatherhood

fixture in Bunkerville. He and his wife Carol are the parents of five

Dads and summertime go togetherBy CHARLENE PAUL

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Logandale resident Larry Grif-fiths pictured here with grand-daughter Lexie Jourdan.

Bunkerville resident Cecil Leavitt (seated in center) is surrounded by his family.

Moapa resident Gary Leavitt is sur-rounded by his grandkids.

sons and four daughters, with seven of their nine children living in Virgin Valley. They are grandparents to forty-four grandchildren and great-grand-parents to forty great-grand-children.

“My dad loves his family,” said Cecil’s daughter, Sheree Gleave. “He was always patri-otic and loved his country and his church. He always empha-sized the importance of the 4th of July, and that’s one reason I love (that holiday) so much.”

As Justice of the Peace in Bunkerville, Cecil did his best to serve his community. “He loved serving others,” Sheree said. “He would literally give the shirt off his back for anyone who needed it. He has been the best example, and I knew I wanted to marry someone just like him.”

Cecil celebrated his 82nd birth-day on Monday, June 22.

“His memory isn’t as good as it used to be,” Sheree said. “But his love of family, church, and coun-try is still as strong as ever.”

Gary LeavittGary Leavitt married his wife

Diane when they were still teen-agers. By the time he was twenty, he was a dad.

“Gary didn’t get to meet (first son) Mike until he was seven weeks old because he was in ba-sic training,” Diane said. “We had (son) Paul in Germany, and then came back to Moapa. We’ve been here ever since. We ended up hav-ing five sons and two daughters.”

As soon as the kids were strong

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The sound of bowling pins crashing in an alley signaled the Mesquite Chamber of Com-merce’s Cosmic Bowling Fund-raiser on Wed., June 17 at The Virgin River Casino.

Members of the Chamber put together their best teams for a night filled with fun, camaraderie and prizes from local businesses. Social distancing was practiced, every other bowling lane was shut down and hand sanitizer could be found at every table.

Mesquite Chamber goes Cosmic BowlingBy AMY DAVIS

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AMY DAVIS The ProgressOverseeing a night of Cosmic Bowling are Caludia Carlsen, Chamber Secretary/Treasurer; Christi Neff; Heimy Nelson, Administrative Asst; Aloree Smith, Events Coordinator; and Carol Kolson, Chamber CEO/President.See Bowling on page 7B

A lackluster response was seen at a COVID-19 testing event held at the Logandale Fairgrounds on Saturday morning, June 20.

Regional health providers and local volunteers came out in force on Saturday, ready to administer 400 free tests to the public. Orga-nizers included the Southern Ne-vada Health District, Nevada Na-tional Guard, AMR/MedicWest and Medicare Administrative Contractor.

But the crowds for testing never did materialize. The event experienced a slow, steady flow of people seeking tests early on. But as the morning continued, that flow slowed to a trickle. By the end of the day, no more than 68 participants had come in to be tested for the virus.

“This was our first and only time we will be doing the testing out here unless we see an emer-gency reason to come back,” said Sarah Lugo, Senior Community Health Nurse of the SNHD. “It

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is too bad there wasn’t more that took advantage of this opportuni-ty.”

Lugo explained that SNHD has been testing all over the Las Vegas Valley. They have also gone on the road and done testing events in outlying areas outside of Moapa Valley, she said.

During Saturday’s event there were three available stations set up with kits ready for the self-ad-ministered testing for Coronavi-rus. As participants arrived, they

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A local couple participating in the Moapa Valley COVID-19 testing event on Saturday prepare to self-administer their tests.

COVID-19 testing sees light attendancewere divided among the stations by JustServe.org volunteers.

Attendees met briefly with medi-cal providers from the spon-soring groups who took their identification and asked some basic medical back-ground ques-

tions. Participants then received

training on how to open the medi-cal kit and properly perform their own test. They were shown how to put the cotton swab about a half inch in the right nostril and rotate the swab around the nostril 10 seconds and then hold it on the inside of the nostril an additional 10 seconds. The same action was repeated on the left nostril.

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“It’s a lot of fun to grow with a team, and it’s not a team we got from somewhere else. This is Las Vegas’ team,” said Nathan Bradford, a Moapa Valley local and diehard Golden Knights fan.

To put in perspec-tive their fandom, Bradford and his wife Nadja joked about being the only parents to wear hock-ey jerseys to their daughter’s middle school gradu-ation.

“It was a playoff game!” Nadja Bradford exclaimed, “You always wear your jersey if it’s a playoff game!”

Unfortunately, in 2020, the coronavirus outbreak derailed the original playoff plans for the National Hockey League. But there’s a new plan in place to bring hockey back.

The NHL announced on May 26 that the regular season is ef-fectively finished as of March 11, when the league originally ceased at the first rise of COVID-19.

With that announcement, the Golden Knights officially became Pacific Division champions and earned a playoff berth in a once-in-a-lifetime 24-team playoff bracket.

As a top four seed in the West-ern Conference, the Knights will play in a round-robin tourna-ment for seeding with the other three highest ranked teams in the conference: the St. Louis Blues, Colorado Avalanche, and Dallas Stars.

Meanwhile, the 5th-12th seeds will play one another in a best-of-five series to determine the final

four playoff berths. Nathan and Nadja Bradford

have mixed feelings about the plan, as they think the “bye” for the Knights is actually counter-productive.

“I don’t think it’s an advantage at all,” Nadja said. “They’re all rusty now, so sitting out any kind of round isn’t going to help anybody.”

She also didn’t like the idea of 24 teams getting a chance at the coveted Stanley Cup, adding, “I don’t love the structure.

There’s some teams that have no business being there.”

The semantics of the playoff plan are controversial, but many fans can agree that more hockey is always a win.

Logandale resident Susan Waite and her family went to their first Golden Knights game in Jan-uary 2018, during the team’s re-markable inaugural season, and Vegas defeated the Nashville Predators 3-0.

Before becoming a Knights fan, Susan said she claimed the Predators as her team and bought a Nashville T-shirt during the team’s 2017 Stanley Cup Final run, but she now keeps that shirt “in a drawer.”

“When they first started, I was asking all the questions and try-ing to figure things out. I was get-ting way more into it,” Waite said. “Now, we watch every game on TV, and if we can’t watch on TV, we’ve got the NHL app on and we’re listening.”

Golden Knights mania hit her entire family, and Waite even noted that her daughter, Whit-ney, would have friends at school

Local Knights fans get ready for NHL playoff restart

By GANNON HANEVOLD

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The Mesquite Fire Department was called out to a semi-truck trailer fire on Thursday, June 18. The incident was locat-ed on Interstate 15 northbound at approxi-mately mile marker 110 near the truck stop area on the east end of the Mormon Mesa.

The fire started in the trailer and the driv-er was able to unhook the trailer from the truck, thus saving the truck from catching fire.

Northbound I-15 lanes had to be shut-

down for a time, until the fire was extin-guished. Traf-fic eventually resumed but at a slow pace af-ter the area was found to be safe.

M e s q u i t e firefighters ar-rive on scene with Deputy Chief Tobler and unit 31. Initial reports relayed that the cargo be-ing hauled was alcohol, result-

ing in a possible HAZMAT response. But upon arrival it was discovered the cargo was beer. The brand or supplier company identification was not released at the time and the MFD noted that HAZMAT was not needed.

Moapa Valley Fire District also respond-ed to the scene with an additional engine and water tender.

An investigation into the incident is still ongoing and the cause of the fire was unde-termined at the time of publication.

It was reported that all cargo was a loss but there were no injuries.

Fire results in I-15 shutdown

By NICK YAMASHITA

The Progress

Mesquite Fire Department personnel responded to a semi-truck trailer fire on Thursday on northbound I-15 out on the Mormon Mesa.

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Address Bd Bath Sqft List Price Acres Year Zip Code389 Park Blvd. 3 2 840 75,000 0.49 2004 89001484 Michael Way 3 2 944 82,000 0.26 1996 890011983 S Moapa Valley Blvd 3 2 1440 90,000 4.01 2002 890404185 Skyline St 2 2 840 150,000 2.07 1971 890211440 Scott Ave 3 2 924 150,000 1.28 1995 89040741 Cottonwood St 3 2 1742 160,000 1.17 2001 89001416 McDonald 3 2 2152 175,000 0.18 1990 890401340 Jensen Ave 5 3 2576 179,000 0.39 1985 890211344 Jensen Ave 5 3 2576 179,000 0.5 1985 890211575 Isola Dr 4 2 1342 224,500 1.87 1990 890252985 Doty St. 4 2 2040 225,000 0.29 1986 890213975 Mateuse St 4 2 1458 238,000 2.12 1999 890211200 W. Cottonwood 3 2 1344 259,000 10 1985 890401800 Jensen Ave 2 2 1526 279,000 0.55 1993 890211240 W Cottonwood Ave. 3 1 1152 289,000 8.69 2001 890402433 Robison Farm Rd 4 3 1995 365,500 0.78 1995 890213630 Sandy St. 4 3 3277 395,000 0.53 1999 890218216 Fawn Brook Ct 4 3 3165 465,000 0.16 1998 89149925 Palo Verde St 3 2 1552 495,000 2.11 1993 890403757 River Heights Ln 4 4 4068 499,900 0.6 2008 89021995 Higbee Ranch Ln. 6 5 4774 575,000 3.1 2011 890012175 Mateuse St. 3 3 2527 599,900 4.9 2003 89021

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Address List Price Acres Zip 1352 Red Sage Ln 75,000 0.59 89021West Jensen Ave. 80,000 1.78 89040Off Wells Ave 85,000 2.04 89021Skyline St 89,950 5 89021Napal Vista Cir 90,000 2.06 89021 Liston Ave 95,000 2.00 89021S Moapa Valley Bl 95,000 5.89 89040Moapa Valley Bl 95,000 2.69 89040Paul Ave & Tami St 99,000 2.06 89021Skyline St 100,000 4.68 89021Curohee St/Damon 120,000 9.29 89025N Curohee St 120,000 9 89025Damon Ave/Hiko St 120,000 9.43 89025Hiko St 120,000 9.13 89025Willow Ave 150,000 10 89040Willow Ave & Deer 150,000 10 89040Diane Ave 150,000 10 89040Diane Ave & Deer 150,000 10 89040289 S. MV Blvd 175,000 0.47 89040Moapa Valley Blvd 189,000 13.71 89040Jensen Ave 270,000 7.98 89021Cooper St 285,000 7.26 89040123 S Moapa Valley 290,000 0.37 89040Heyer St 827,800 41.39 89021

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Overton native resident Dorothy Fether-ston will be turning 90 years-old next week on July 1. This landmark birthday makes Fetherston one of the oldest members of the community.

Dorothy Fetherston was born in Over-ton in 1930. She and her twin brother Don were born to Norman and Adelia Shurtliff.

The twins’ grandmother helped to deliv-er them because the doctor couldn’t arrive in time.

For the first two weeks, the twins were referred to as “Dash” and “Dot”. They lat-er became Don and Dorothy Fetherston, but Dorothy typically always went by her nickname and she still prefers it to this day, according to Dorothy’s daughter Lisa Ahl-strom.

“Growing up, [Dorothy] didn’t want to live in Overton,” Ahlstrom said.

She attended Brigham Young University after high school, excited to finally be leav-ing the small town where she had grown up. She studied library science, a field where she had already shown interest.

Dorothy’s first job was at a small local printing press operation that was then in operation in Overton’s commercial area. She also worked part-time at the local li-brary.

Eventually, Dorothy would become the stake librarian for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Library Sci-ence was an area Dorothy was passionate

about and she studied it for three years.During that time, she met her future hus-

band, John Fetherston. A young man from Nebraska, John came to BYU to study ani-mal husbandry, an odd choice of education for the time.

The two met at school, dated, and even-tually were married.

John and Dorothy lived in Oregon for a time. But they eventually moved back to Dorothy’s childhood home.

John bought a dairy, and he worked with Dorothy’s father. “They struggled for quite a while,” Ahlstrom said, “They all did at that time.”

John began having health problems in the mid-1975 when he had a heart-attach. After that, the Fetherstons sold the dairy and invested their money elsewhere.

John Fetherston passed away on Decem-ber 5, 2010. He was survived by his wife, Dorothy, and their five children: Steve, Mike, Terri, Judy, Kathy, and Lisa. Some of them still live in Moapa Valley.

Overton native to turn 90By ANNA BUSH

Moapa Valley Progress

Dorothy Fether-ston at age 20

Dorothy in a pho-to taken last year. She turns 90 next week.

Dorothy still has a great love for Moapa Valley. She is a past winner of the Moth-er of the Year award in Overton, a lover of reading and travelling, and was an in-volved leader of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.

“She has very deep roots [here] and is

very proud of her heritage,” Ahlstrom said. Dorothy is always working to stay hap-

py and healthy, so she recently moved to a home in St. George for her wellbeing.

For her 90th birthday, her children have put together a book of memories for her to look back on and remember.

tease her about being “obsessed” with the Knights.

Her son, Jeremy, was making plans to see the team play the Avalanche in Colo-rado on March 12, but had to cancel the trip when the season effectively ended on March 11.

While the plans are in place to see the Knights back on the ice, the atmosphere will certainly be different; the empty play-off arenas will be missing Vegas’ famous Fortress fanbase.

The NHL plans to split the Eastern and Western conferences into two “hub cities” which have yet to be determined.

Las Vegas is a frontrunner to be cho-sen as a hub city, but would likely be used to house the Eastern Conference playoff teams so as to not allow Vegas any unfair edge.

Nadja Bradford said, “I don’t know that it will affect them too much not having home ice advantage, but everyone will be in the same boat.”

Nathan added, “Every time you watch the beginning of a season, it’s sloppy. I think every team will be like that.”

While they won’t have home ice to rely on, Vegas will likely be fully healthy for really the first time in 2020.

Star forwards Max Pacioretty, Alex Tuch, and Mark Stone, will all have a chance to get back to feeling 100% on the ice.

Before the regular season came to an end, the Knights had won 11 of their last 13 games.

It’s not a shock that the Golden Knights have some of the best odds to win the ti-tle this year, but the Bradfords are taking it easy with their hopes given the bizarre circumstances.

“There is no give in hockey. My expec-tations are very high, but nothing is going to surprise me,” said Nathan Bradford.

Nadja Bradford said, “It’s so hard to say this year what the expectations are, but I think the talent is definitely there to go all the way.”

The NHL has yet to set a date for their return to play, but there will certainly be a legion of local fans ready to don the gold, white, and charcoal this summer.

The Bradfords are prepared to pick from one of their “many” jerseys and watch playoff hockey alongside their dog, Patch-es (named after forward Max Pacioretty). Susan Waite and her family will probably be keeping the Predators T-shirt tucked away for just a little longer.

Susan Waite said, “I feel like the players know that we will be watching wherever they are.”

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The swab was then put into a testing vial which was collected and sealed with a label including the name of the participant.

Results of the tests will take a week to analyze and will be reported back to the participants by phone.

This self test kit was easier and much less pleasant than the previous tests, said MedicWest EMT, Ryan Potter.

“It is amazing how much these tests have progressed,” Potter said. “These are so much easier and more comfortable than the original test where the swab had to be shoved all the way up into the nasal cavity.

Hopefully more and more realize that they need to be tested and it is easy now to do it.”

JustServe.org Volunteer, Mike Lacey was there both to help and to be tested.

“It is good to know for sure,” Lacey said about the test. “More importantly it provides the information to show the stats that Coronavirus is not a serious matter out here. Those statistics help the state lead-ers to feel comfortable to reopen the local community.”

“We have got to help and protect each other,” Lacey added. “And there is no bet-ter way to do that than making sure we are not spreading the virus to our fellow com-munity members.”

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4B • Wednesday, June 24, 2020 The PROGRESS

Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, can be naturally-occurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming. Pesticides and herbicides may come from a variety of sources, such as agricultural and residential uses. Radioactive contaminants are naturally occurring. Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, are byprod-ucts of industrial processes and petroleum production and can also come from gas stations, urban storn waler runoff, and septic systems.

HEALTH INFORMATION Some people may be more vulnerable lo contaminants in drinking water than the general pop-ulation. lmmuno-compromised persons, such as those with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means lo lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial con-taminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).

LEAD Your waler meets EPA’s standard for Lead, but if present at elevated levels. this contaminant can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drink-ing water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. Moapa Valley Water District is responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your drinking water. you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or at http://www.cpa.gov/safewater/lead.

VANDALISMVandalism affects everyone. We encouraged anyone who sees graffiti, gunshots holes, suspi-cious activity, etc. at or around MVWD’s lines or facilities to call the company’s 24-hour emer-gency number at 702-397-6893 or the Metropolitan Police Department. We also ask anyone who sees damaged waterlines, facilities or equipment to immediately report it to the same number. The District appreciates any help it gets from customers and the general public in stopping these senseless acts.

The Federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) was amended in 1996 and requires states to develop and implement source water assessment programs (SWAP) to analyze existing and potential threats to the quality of public drinking water throughout the state. A summary of a system·s susceptibility to potential sources of contamination was initially provided by the State of Nevada to the water system in 2004. This summary was included in the water system’s 2004 Consumer Confidence Report. Additional or updated information the water system may have regarding signilicanl sources of contamination in the source water area may also be available. A copy of the SWAP summary and additional or updated information may be available through your water system by contacting Joseph Davis at 702-397-6893. Information pertaining to the initial findings of the source water assessment is also available for viewing at the Bureau of Safe Drinking Water (BSDW) Carson City office between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. It is suggested that an appointment be made if you are interested in viewing this information. The office is located at 901 South Stewart Street. Suite 4001, Carson City, Nevada, 89701. telephone number (775) 687-9520.

Health Information About Water Quality

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. lmmuno­compromised persons, such as those with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ trans­plants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disor­ders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking wa­ter from their health care pro­viders. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Crypto­sporidium and other microbial contaminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800­426­ 4791).

WATER: OUR

MOST PRECIOUS

RESOURCE!

The table below represents routine water analysis conducted annually in order to further the Districts effort to provide the most current, meaningful information to our customers.

WATER ANALYSIS

The Moapa Valley Water District is very pleased to provide you with the 2019 ‘”Quality Water” Report. We wanl lo keep you informed about the excellent water and services we have delivered to you over the past year. Our goal is and always has been, to provide a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. We are pleased to report that our drinking water is safe and exceeds federal requirements. This report is provided lo you lo further explain our water quality and what it means.

YOUR WATER The Muddy River and Lake Mead provide none of your drinking water. In fact, no surface water of any sort is delivered to your tap. The District’s spring collection systems al the Baldwin and the Jones Spring, in addition to the MX Well and the Arrow Canyon Well provide an average of 2,3 I I .121 gallons per day lo our customers. Flowing through over 1.77 miles of pipeline in the District’s distribution system, the water from these groundwater sources arrives at your home having been disinfected using chlorine. Because our water supply is protected within the ground water aquifer, it does not require the level of treatment associated with surface water sources.

TAP VS. BOTTLED All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.

VIOLATIONS AND EXCEEDANCES The Moapa Valley Water District had no violations with the Safe Drinking Water Act standards during the 2019 calendar year.

WHAT DO WE TEST FOR?The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, springs and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source water before it is treated are microbial contaminants. inorganic contaminants, pesticides and herbicides, radioactive contaminants, and organic chem-ical contaminants. Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations. and wildlife.

**Hardness averages 250 mg/L

(17 grains per gallon)**

MCLG/Maximum contaminant level goal - the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety. MCL/Maximum contaminant level - the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to MCLGs as feasible using the best treatment technology. MCLs are set at very stringent levels. Action Level - the concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, trig-gers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow.ppm - parts per million mg/L - milligrams per litre/the same as parts per million ppb - parts per billionugl/L - micrograms per litre/the same as parts per billion ND- not detected

ARSENIC: While your drinking water meets EPA’s standard for arsenic, it does contain low levels of arsenic. EPA’s standard balances the current understanding of arsenic’s possible health effects against the costs of removing arsenic from drinking water. EPA continues to research the health effects of low levels of arsenic, which is a mineral known to cause cancer in humans at high concentrations and is linked to other health effects such as skin damage and circulatory problems.”

*MVWD samples quarterly to monitor the Arsenic in our system.

The Arsenic Media was partly spent or used up its life expectancy between our quarterly sampling and reached the 0.11, which is above the MCL. We have made adjustments with the Arsenic Removal Media at the Arrow Canyon facility to correct the high arsenic level.

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system, needed a place to stay during her senior year.

“Odin suggested she move in with us, and Bob readily agreed,” Shari said.

“I grew up without a dad,” Autumn said. “When I met Bob, I found a man I could look up to as a dad. He’s always kind, and we have long talks about completely random

topics. He’s definitely taken the place of my dad, and I love him like he is, too.”

Odin added, “My dad has been the greatest example to me in my life and has always been there for me.”

Larry MosesDoc Moses, as he is known

to residents of Moapa Valley, touched the lives of hun-dreds of local youngsters during his time as a teach-er and administrator.

In 1991, he became principal of Moapa Valley High School, opening the new high school campus, the one that exists today.

Larry’s father died in World War II when Larry was five years old, leav-ing his mother with six children. Six months later, his mother passed away as well. All six children were adopted to-gether, and later their new mother died. All six children were then adopted together once again.

“Family is everything to him,” said Larry’s wife Jean. “He is a loyal family man. We have three sons, and they all followed in their dad’s footsteps in educa-tion.”

Larry served a stint in the Ma-rine Corps. Then he graduated from Utah State University.

“After teaching for three years in Idaho, we came to Nevada,” said Jean. “The pay was so much

Moapa Valley Water District Summary Fiscal Report Fiscal Year 2019 – 2020

Per NAC 354.561, the Moapa Valley Water District is required to publish the following summary fiscal report. The report shows the total actual revenues for the previous and current fiscal years, as well as the budgeted revenues and expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year.

Proprietary fund

ESTIMATEDFINAL

APPROVED ACTUAL PRIOR CURRENT BUDGET

YEAR ENDINGYEAR

ENDING YEAR ENDING 6/30/2019 6/30/2020 6/30/2021

Total Operating Revenues $3,816,990 $3,901,000 $4,006,000 Total Operating Expenses $3,408,331 $3,880,000 $4,149,000 Total Non Operating Revenues $532,471 $523,494 $442,144 Total Non Operating Expenses $137,674 $172,400 $144,816

If you have any questions about this report, please feel free to contact Jeannie Poynor at the Moapa Valley Water District between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs). To file a complaint of

discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Larry Moses

Delos Perkins is pictured here with three of his grandchildren.

Bob Lyman (far right) is pictured here with his family.

enough to work, Gary got them working. “None of them wanted to go into the concrete business,” Diane laughed.

As much as Gary loved being a dad, he relishes his role as grand-pa to 49 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. “For the past several years, Gary has gotten up at 4:30 in the morning to make breakfast for all the grandkids before school and seminary,” said Diane. “He once said, ‘I thought I was giving you a gift with all of these kids. It took time to realize it, but I was the one receiving the gift.”

Bob LymanMoapa resident Bob Lyman

became a dad a little later in life. “We were married for fifteen

years before I found out I was pregnant,” said wife Shari. “I wasn’t supposed to be able to get pregnant, so Odin was a surprise blessing.”

But long before the couple had Odin, Bob was already a positive role model for boys and girls in our community, Shari explained.

“All of his thoughts and ac-tions are based on love and com-passion,” she said.

On Easter Sunday, 2019, Bob and Shari welcomed a daughter into their home. Autumn Rob-ertson, who was just turning 18 and leaving the state’s foster care

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b e t t e r . We made $8,000 a year.”

A n y -one who k n o w s Doc Mo-ses will tell you that he is still pas-s i o n a t e about ed-

ucation. In addition, it is clear that nothing comes between him and his family.

DeLos PerkinsDeLos Perkins passed away

four years ago. But he left be-hind a lasting legacy for not only his five sons and four daughters, but for hundreds of students who passed through his US Govern-ment classes.

DeLos and his wife Julie moved to Mesquite in 1986. Af-ter teaching science for one year at Moapa Valley High School, he came to Virgin Valley High School and taught government to the senior class.

“He loved teaching and work-

ing with the kids,” said son, Mau-rice Perkins. “Not too many days pass without people telling me how much someone learned from Dad. And they always add that he was fair.”

“Family was everything to my dad,” Maurice added. “Even with nine kids in the family, he was at everything we did, even the beau-ty pageants. He told us to always remember how important it is to

support our kids – always.”The number of grandchildren

belonging to Delos and Julie has now reached 37.

Yes, dads and summer go to-gether like waffles and syrup, kids and dogs. Thanks to all the dads who make our communities stronger by their examples, love of family, and dedication to doing what they do.

and frequent.” Currently, treatments consist of

immuntherapy, and those require a monthly 4-day stay in the hospi-tal. Lucas’ oncologist is very op-timistic and will continue to keep a close eye on Lucas.

Lucas is full of life. He loves anything with wheels! He loves to spend time outside on his trampo-line or tricycle. His favorite can-dy is Sour Patch Kids. He loves to sing, and play with his family. He has 2 older sisters, Katelyn, and Reagan. Reagan also has autism.

His parents are Seana and Ja-son Aivaz of Henderson. But he loves spending time with his grandparents in Logandale.

Many items will be for sale with proceeds going to help Lu-cas and his family. Everything

will be $5. Brand-new Lula Roe clothing and CRUMBL cookies are ready to be purchased!

Lucas’ mom Seana used to be a full-time LulaRoe ambassador. But she had to put that on hold as Lucas’ journey with cancer be-gan. Donations may also be made through Venmo @TaylorAsay.

“We believe in the power of prayer,” said Barber. “We know God has had a hand in every step of the way.”

What does it mean to live like Lucas? His mother, Seana, said, “Simply put, it means to smile, love, and laugh...a lot. It means to live without fear or anger in your heart. It means to eat cheese, a lot of it. Above all, it means to be strong. Even when you think you can’t be.”

“Thank you all for being here, and choosing to take this journey with us,” Seana concluded. “We love you all.”

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NOTICE

Single Party Residence Service..............................Single Party Business Service................................Federal Subscriber line charge...............................Local Directory Assistance.....................................Toll Blocking............................................................Emergency 911 Services.........................................

$ 13.35$ 17.25$ 6.50No Charge$ .75No Charge

Low-income individuals may be eligible for Federal Lifeline and telephone assistance programs, which include discounts from the above basic local service charges. In addition there is an enhanced Lifeline and Link-Up discount provided to eligible individuals living on federally recognized Reservations. Note: Toll Blocking is provided for free to Lifeline Subscribers and there is only one Lifeline telephone service connection allowed per household.Basic services are offered to all consumers in Moapa Valley Telephone Company service territory at the rates, terms, and conditions specified in the Company’s tariffs. If you have any questions regarding the Company’s services, please call us at (702)397-2601 or visit our business office at 1120 N. Moapa Valley Blvd., Overton, Nevada.

Monthly Service Charge

Moapa Valley Telephone Co. (dba: MVT) is a quality tele-communications services provider that provides basic and enhanced services at reasonable rates within its service territory. Basic services are offered at the fol-lowing rates:

Comunicación

Partido Único Tipo Residencia ..............................Partido Único servicio de negocio .........................Línea de Abonado Federal cargo ............................Asistencia del Directorio Local............................... Bloqueo ....................................................................Servicio de Emergencia 911....................................

$ 13.35$ 17.25$ 6.50sin cargo$ .75sin cargo

Las personas de bajos ingresos pueden ser elegibles para Lifeline Federal y programas de asistencia telefónica, que incluyen descuentos a partir de los básicos anteriores cargos de servicio local. Además hay una mayor supervivencia enlace, servicios y descuentos ofrecidos a las personas que viven en las Reservas reconocidas a nivel federal. Nota: Bloqueo se ofrece de manera gratuita a los suscriptores y Supervivencia hay un solo Lifeline telephone service permite la conexión por hogar.Los servicios básicos son ofrecidos a todos los consumidores en Indígena Moapa Valley servicio telefóni-co de la Compañía en el territorio las tarifas, los términos y condiciones especificados en las tarifas de la compañía. Si tiene alguna pregunta en relación con los servicios de la compañía, por favor llámenos al (702)397-2601 o visite nuestra oficina comercial en 1120 N. Moapa Valley Blvd., Overton, Nevada.

Indígena Moapa Valley Telephone Co. (dba: MVT) es una calidad proveedor de servicios de telecomuni-caciones que ofrece tarifas razonables dentro de su territorio. Los servicios básicos son ofrecidos en los siguientes tipos:

6B • Wednesday, June 24, 2020 The PROGRESS

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Mesquite Senior Games is on a mission to promote the health and fitness of anyone 50 years and better while stimulating tourism in the city. They offer a host of dif-ferent activities for every level of fitness. Events include pickleball, softball, a bike race and track and field. They also host more sedate activities like poker, bridge and a history tour for those who may not be ready for athletics.

Unfortunately many of their activities during their usually busy spring season were put on hold due to the shutdown caused by COVID-19. Both committee and participants were devastated.

“Our events started on March 5 and we shut down on March 15,” Director Amy Bradshaw said. “So you can see what that did to our program. We only got one big event done and that was pickle-ball.”

Bradshaw said that the group made the choice to shutdown for the health and safety of their participants. “A lot of them come from out of town as well, and we were concerned about everyone’s health,” she said. “It was literally eight hours later when the gover-nor shut everything down. It was disappointing to say the least.”

Mesquite Senior Games get “Back Together”By AMY DAVIS

The Progress

AMY DAVIS The Progress

Mesquite Senior Games Director Amy Bradshaw gets ready to walk the trails with board members Ruby Svionte and Sandy Tudor.

As restrictions began to ease up and Nevada began to enter Phase I, the Senior Games Board came up with a virtual way to work out and be active together. They call it, “Back Together!” A walk, run or biking distance event designed to be done anywhere.

“It is all honor system,” Brad-shaw said. “Just tell us what you did.”

Board Member Ruby Sviontek explained the program. “The idea was for someone here that maybe had grandkids in Illinois for ex-ample to do this with them,” she said. “We want to get families in-volved with each other. We have actually had a lot of out of town-ers participate. We really want this to go all summer, we are just saying do it in a 30-day period.”

Registration fees for the vir-tual event start at $25. The fee includes a 2020 Mesquite Senior Games Official T-Shirt, keepsake pin, racing bib, medal and certif-icate of completion. Five dollars of every registration fee are do-nated to the Recreation Center in Mesquite.

“All in Cycles, the bike shop here in town, is our drop off loca-tion,” Bradshaw said. “When peo-ple sign up, I take the t-shirts and all the goodies to the bike shop and then folks can go in there and pick them up (and check out the shop too!). We mailed the items

to the out of towners.”Board member Sandy Tudor

explained the effect of the pan-demic shutdown on the program.

“You know when we had to shut down, we had to refund about one third to one half of the participants,” she said.

There were 531 registrants na-tionwide.

“It was crippling to our funds,” she added. “We have a storage container with 1400 shirts with 2020 printed on them. There were also some generous people who simply donated their registration fees to the cause and that helped. Those people who donated their fees can come pick up a free t-shirt on June 23-25..”

The Mesquite Senior Games will host a fundraising event at the Rec Center June 23-25 from 9-11 a.m. They will be selling shirts for $10 each as well as oth-er merchandise.

The Back Together fitness event will continue all summer long. Register at www.mesqui-teseniorgames.org to get the fam-ily involved.

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MOAPA CHRISTIAN CHURCH

SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 AM

Adult Sunday School 10:00 amChildren’s Sunday School 11:00 amTeens Sunday School 11:00 am

Pastor: Richard Fisher& Rosita Fisher

A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCHLOCATED ONTHEMOAPA INDIAN RESERVATION

Glendale and Highway 168 past turn off for HiddenValley.

702-865-2864

St. John’s Catholic ChurchMass is celebrated at 2955 St. Joseph Street

Sunday at 12:00 p.m.Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

Father Blaise Baran702-398-3998

O sing to the Lord a new song,for he has done marvelous things.

Psalm 98:1

Where do I come from? Why am I here?

Where am I going?Have you ever asked questions like these?

To learn about God’s Plan of Happiness for you, call...

Logandale: 702-677-5379Overton: 702-677-7340Moapa: 702-265-9535 (English/Spanish)

Mesquite: 435-256-1380or visit www.mormon.org

MESQUITE LUTHERAN CHURCH

Rev. David Constien, Pastor

450 Turtleback Rd.Mesquite, Nevada 89027

Worship Service-10 am * Bible Study-8:30 am

(702)346-5811

Local Contact: Art DeBerard (702)398-3833

Childcare Center(702) 346-3954

Lake Mead Baptist Church

Sunday School AM

Sunday Worship

Sunday PM Worship

Wednesday Night Prayer

9:30 AM

10:45 AM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

A Southern Baptist Church Contact info - 702-397-2496Email: lakemeadbaptist@mvdsl.com

PASTOR MITCHELL TOBLERAll Are Welcome!

Sermons available online at www.lakemeadbaptist.org

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Andersen St. Apartments: 1 Bdrm starting at $450/mo, 2 Bdrm starting at $550/mo. Nice, quiet neighborhood. No smoking or pets. For applica-tion call 702-397-8111.

Logandale Storage and U-Haul: 2 locations! Stor-age Units, U-Haul trucks and trailers, Car Haulers, Dolly’s. Let us help make your move easier! Call 702-398-3390. 1595 Jensen and 3525 N. Moapa Valley Blvd.

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1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments: Behind Post Office in Overton. Clean, Nice. 1 Bdrm/$550, 2 Bdrm/$650 per mo. plus depos-its. Quiet lifestyle. No pets or smoking. Call 702-373-6102.

Retail or office, central Over-ton location, private restroom, off street parking, outdoor signage. 289 S Moapa Valley Blvd. Please text Steve, 702-379-1031.

READY MIX CONCRETE. Call 702-306-5224 cell or 702-398-3444 office. Slabs, sidewalks, founda-

tions, house slabs, block walls, pools. We can pour anything you want. Call Cell 702-306-5224 or Office 702-398-7625.

For Rent/AptsFor Rent/Apts

MOBILE IMAGE WINDOW TINTING: Autos/homes/etc. 15+ years of exp., 100% guar-anteed. Call for a quote & to make an appt. 702-596-6760.

For Lease For Lease Office SpaceOffice Space

Employment / Help WantedEmployment / Help Wanted

Dog Training: Whether you have a young pup, older dog or a rescue, K9Heroes dog training classes can help them learn how to behave appropri-ately at home and on the go. K9Heroes trainers teach fun & effective group or private classes. Call for availability & times, 702-308-0609. If you’re not 100% satisfied, you can re-take the class for FREE! Veter-ans & disabled 50% discount!

Backhoe and grading work, trenching, driveways, are-nas, clearing brush, general dirtwork. Call Jacob 702-378-9271.

AQUATIC (formerly Lasco Bathware) in Moapa, is now hiring: We are accepting applications from 8AM to 3PM Monday through Thursday. Aquatic has a competitive wage starting at $13.00/hr and benefit package, including medical, dental, vision insurance and 401k. We also offer ten paid holidays per year. (702) 864-2100 ext. 4182.

Certified Horticulturist: I will provide successful plant suggestions, plant identifica-tion, landscape concepts, and answer plant and landscape questions. Problems with your plants? Call Andrea Meckley @702.300.4148 “Let’s Talk Plants”

Laborers Wanted: Please call 702-281-5536.

Legacy Rock is now accept-ing job applications and resumes for Equipment Oper-ator, CDL drivers, Double and Triples, Cement Mixer Drivers. Full time and part time. Need experience. Phone 702-398-7625, fax 702-398-7635 or email whip@comnett.net.

For Rent/HmsFor Rent/HmsLogandale Home: 5 bed-rooms, on 1 acre, room for an-imals. No smoking. Please call 702-278-8686.

Reliable Part-time Handyman wanted for a series of basic home repairs in downtown Overton: 3 days per week. No smoking, drugs, alcohol. Call 951-591-2374.

ServicesServices

Western Elite is seeking a Mechanic to maintain equipment op-eration by completing inspections and preventive maintenance requirements; correcting vehicle deficiencies; making adjust-ments and alignments, and keeping records.Essential Job Functions Include:• Diesel engine repair and maintenance.• Heavy machinery (loaders, scrapers, dozers, etc.) repair and maintenance.• Air brake repair and maintenance.• Electrical system repair and maintenance.• Hydraulic equipment repair and maintenance.Minimum Qualifications• 18 years of age.• Proof of eligibility to work in the United States.• Ability to communicate effectively in English required.Position Specific Requirements• 4+ years of commercial diesel mechanic experience required.• Must own and use own toolsThe position is located 50 miles north of Las Vegas near Coyote Springs and offers competitive pay, paid time-off, paid holidays, and an excellent benefits package. Interested candidates should contact Kyle Taylor at 702-206-0034 or kylet@westernelite.com.

Estate SaleEstate SaleHuge Estate Sale Friday/Saturday, June 26/27, 7am-2pm both days: Enormous amount of quilting fabric-full bolts & scraps, sewing ma-chines-some antique, house-hold goods, tools, camping equipment, etc. 3860 Leavitt St. in Logandale by Jim Ha-worth Court, follow the signs.

Haskey Jerry Begay, age 84, died Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at his home in Moapa, Neva-da. He was born September 6, 1935 in Many Farms, Arizona. He married Ever-line Swain in Las

Vegas, Nevada. She preceded him in death.

Haskey grew up in Many Farms. As a young man, he left home and started drifting, working on the rail-road and other construction jobs. He wound up in Moapa working on a reservation housing construction project. After his marriage to Ever-

Obituary

Haskey Begay

line, Moapa became his home. He became a trusted house painter and later worked at the Nevada Test Site. He always enjoyed building stuff and tinkering. His great love came from time with his grandchildren.

Survivors include one son and two daughters: Ural “Tootie” and Jerri Lynn both of Moapa, NV, and Yolan-da “Kat” (Damon) Glass of Ft. Worth, TX; nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Mon-day, June 22, 2020 at the Moapa Valley Mortuary. Interment followed in the Moapa Indian Cemetery where he will be interred next to his wife.

Friends and family are invited to sign an online guest book at www.moapavalleymortuary.com.

“The Chamber goes bowling 4 times a year, except this year due to COVID-19 it will only be three,” said Carol Kolson, Cham-ber CEO/President. “This is an event that all of our members look forward to and we receive a tremendous return on it.”

Kolson continued, “We have a fabulous array of prizes tonight all donated from members that total over $1000. Free bowling is one of the perks we offer with our upgraded premium membership.”

The money raised at the fund-raising event went into a general operating fund. During the clo-sure caused by the COVID-19 situation, Kolson said they were so thankful for those who held membership.

“They are the ones who have paid our salaries, rent and util-ities. They have kept our doors open and we are extremely thank-

ful,” she said, adding, “It is real-ly a great time to be a member of the chamber. We love to help our members. The money that we have raised has allowed us to take care of multiple businesses in Mesquite. It has been a great as-set in helping them maintain their business.”

Bill Mitchell of Farmers In-surance puts together a team that seems to win the bowling tourna-ment every year.

When asked what his secret was, he said with a laugh, “We’re old guys. They try to handicap us and put us in the dark over here in this last lane. They are trying to stop us from winning.”

Mitchell said that this is a great event to attend.

“It is fun to come out here and bowl. It is a fun opportunity to come out and see other business owners in the community. I like to bounce up and down the aisle more or less and just talk to ev-erybody and see what is going on,” he said.

Mitchell generously donated cash prizes to the tournament that Kolson said she greatly appreci-ates.

Mitchell said the Chamber has been really helpful during the last few months of crisis.

“They gave us updates and provided us with signs and kept us updated on what’s going on. Their site always has the info we need to stay informed and move forward.”

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Demand quickly outpaces supply at Mobile Food Pantry

The monthly Mobile Food Bank event held at the Grant Bowler Elementary School park-ing lot, turned out to be a rapid flow event on Saturday, June 20.

This drive-through food distri-bution event drew a large crowd of participants. A long line of ve-hicles trailed out of the parking lot, down Lyman Street and ex-tended nearly to Gubler Ave. as many area residents came seek-ing food provided by the Three Square organization.

THe event was well organized involving a crew volunteers gathered by JustServe.org and the Moapa Valley Revitalization Project (MVRP). The food dis-tribution started right at 7 a.m.. The task was to distribute the 10,400 pounds of food items that had been delivered from Three Square.

Food items included fresh produce such as apples, oranges, romaine lettuce, onions, celery, strawberries, cauliflower, carrots and much more.

The distribution moved quick-ly and efficiently. By 8:10 a.m., the operation was fully cleaned up and everyone was gone.

“This was the fastest we have every disbursed the food,” said local JustServe.org Coordinator Larry Griffiths who helps orga-

By NICK YAMASHITA

The Progress

nize the volunteer efforts. Griffiths said that the effort

was helped by the fact that there were more individually packaged items delivered this month. In ad-dition, bulk produce items were packaged in a more streamlined manner.

“Finally, our volunteers are now used to the process of dis-tributing the food quickly,” Grif-fiths added. “They know what has to be done and they work hard.”

Each recipient family received a total of five items including a produce box, a gallon of milk, two dozen eggs, 18 blended fro-zen eggs, and 25 four oz. orange

Local volunteers hustle to meet the demand as cars of Mobile Food Bank recipients pass by to pick up their food on Saturday morning.

NICK YAMASHITA/ The Progress

juice cartoons.Griffiths noted that there was

less food available this month than what the group had hoped for.

“It was a ‘trial and error’ expe-rience today,” Griffiths said. “We ran out of food and not everyone who came got food.”

Griffiths said that the MVRP organizers will be taking this month’s turnout into consider-ation in order to make sure that more food available to accommo-date the crowds next month.

Griffiths said that the volun-teers of the MVRP organization

had gone far beyond the usual call of duty to keep the monthly Food Pantry event alive.

"MVRP is the most amazing organization for this community,” Griffiths said. “It does so much to help provide what the community needs.”

MOAPA VALLEY MERCHANTS ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Why make a two hour roundtrip when what you want is available just down the street?

Give our local merchants a try! Keep your dollars in the community.....

SHOP LOCALLY!

A MESSAGE FROM THE

Moapa Valley

PROGRESS

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