By Barbara EllestadMLN

At its July 26 meeting, the Mesquite City Council set a date for public hear-ings on amendments to city municipal codes that govern how winners and losers are determined in primary elec-tions for city-wide elected offices.

The action stems from confusion and controversy created from the June 14 primary election for three council seats. The city codes adopted in 2011 that changed the election cycle for mayoral and council seats say that “If, in a primary city election, one candi-date receives votes equal to a majority of votes [emphasis added] cast in that election for the office for which he or she is a candidate, the candidate must be declared elected to the office and the candidate’s name must not be placed on the ballot for the general city elec-tion. If, in the primary election, no can-didate receives a majority of votes cast in that election for the office for which he or she is a candidate, the names of the two (2) candidates receiving the highest numbers of votes must be placed on the ballot for the general city election.

The key word in the code comes down to ‘votes’ versus ‘voters’ with several council members saying previ-ously that they intended the results to come from the number of voters. The second mix-up came from the differ-ence between a single-seat election for the mayoral position versus a multi-seat election for council.

The primary election had 2,625 vot-ers cast ballots. Voters could select up

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At its July 20 meeting, the Mesquite Works board voted to move forward with lease negotiations to tentatively operate at 12 W Mesquite Blvd Suite 107 and opening their doors to job seekers on or shortly after September 6. That of-fice location used to house the Mesquite Chamber of Commerce prior to their re-

location to the Bank of Nevada building in January 2015.

With a projected budget of $100,000 for the first operating year, the group hopes to utilize its volunteers to kick start the program and gain enough trac-tion to have a better chance of obtaining future grant funds. $40,000 of that pro-jected budget is set towards services do-nated by key volunteer positions such as the Program and Operations Manager,

Fundraising and Volunteer Coordinator and the Accountant.

In other business, the board called for volunteers to collaborate on sever-al key committees that will be essen-tial for the success of Mesquite Works. Such committees include focusing on education, fundraising, public out-reach, volunteer coordination and fi-nance.

The board also increased their mem-

bership by accepting Vernon Robison of the Moapa Valley Progress and Robert Fuller of Mesa View Regional Hospital as voting members. Robison is also the key representative for the Moapa Valley area.

Anyone wishing to contribute their time, experience or tax-deductible funds to Mesquite Works can email Brandy Jenkins at bjenkins@mrbnv.org or call 702-208-8445.

By Burton WeastMLN

Virgin Valley Water District board chair Nephi Julien declared the board po-sition held by Bubba Smith as vacant at the district’s July 19 meeting. The action

was required as Smith did not submit a formal letter of resignation even though he no longer lives within the district and has moved to Texas.

Under state law, the board must appoint a replacement within 30 days of a vacancy.

After discussion, the board unanimously decided to publicize the vacancy and re-quest that persons interested in being ap-pointed to fill Smith’s term bring resumes

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Less than a year ago, Mesquite city officials were soliciting bids for the con-struction of a new I-15 interchange that had been on the wish list for 10 years. That wish came true July 21 when the ribbon was cut and Exit 118 became a re-ality and the road to what many call Mes-quite’s economic future opened to traffic.

To get a sense of what the new inter-change means to increased business in Mesquite, Mayor Al Litman told the Mesquite Local News, “just look around at all the building pads ready to go with

a new freeway ramp that provides direct interstate access. It’s going to be a new start for Mesquite business-wise. The sky is the limit. Las Vegas is so desperate for industrial land. We have a lot of it.”

“Our main challenge was the schedule and trying to finish this project in seven months,” Jed Wheeler, project manager for Meadow Valley Contractors, told the MLN. Meadow Valley was awarded the

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JULY 17:Suspicious Person/Circumstance:

Officers responded to a W. Hafen Ln. condo on a report of damaged property.

JULY 18:Theft from Vehicle: An officer took

a report of the theft of and fraudulent use of personal checks. Information was obtained and the case is under investiga-tions.

Civil Matter: Officer responded to the police department regarding a report of fraud. Officer spoke to the victim and ob-tained all information available and will forward the case to detectives.

Property Damage, Non Vandalism: Officers responded to a report of a dam-aged vehicle on N. Sandhill Blvd.

Found Property: Officers responded to a W. Mesquite Blvd. bank on a report of found property.

Civil Matter: An officer received a request for a case number and incident reference a civil matter involving tenant/landlord dispute.

Theft: Officers responded to a W. Mes-quite Blvd. casino on a report of a theft.

Civil Matter: An officer received a request for a case number and incident reference a civil matter involving tenant/landlord dispute.

JULY 19: Fraud: Officer responded to the police

department regarding a possible fraud. Officer spoke with the reporting party and acquired needed information and a report was taken.

Domestic Violence IP: Officers re-sponded to a call of a domestic situation at hotel on Pioneer Boulevard. After in-vestigating the situation an adult male was arrested for domestic battery.

Disorderly Conduct: An officer took a report of a civil dispute, verbal argu-ment between a husband and wife on Hillside Dr. Information was taken and a report completed.

Fraud: Citizen came into the Police De-partment to report possible fraud occur-ring on his credit. Officer took the report.

Disorderly Conduct IP: Officers re-sponded to a report of a disorderly male. One adult male was arrested for breach of peace and resisting arrest.

JULY 20: Fraud: Officer responded to the police

department for a report of fraud. Officer took the report; investigation is ongoing.

Domestic Violence IP: Officers re-sponded on a domestic violence incident on E. Pioneer Blvd; the primary physical aggressor was taken into custody.

Theft: An officer responded to an E. Pioneer Blvd. casino for a report of a theft. Upon arrival it was determined that the offender was an employee of the busi-ness. The employee was issued a citation for petit larceny and released.

Traffic Stop: An officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on Woodbury Ln. for an equipment violation. The male driver was arrested for traffic violations and for a felony warrant out of Utah. The female passenger was arrested for pos-session of drug paraphernalia and pos-session of a false identification card.

Property Damage, Non Vandalism: Officers responded to a hit and run acci-dent at a N. Sandhill Blvd. grocery store. A report and photographs were taken for documentation. Investigation continues.

JULY 21:Domestic Violence IP: Officers re-

sponded to a Canyon Dr. residence in

reference to a domestic situation. The reporting person stated her brother was intoxicated and got into an argument with her, but did not get violent at all. The reporting person stated her brother left the residence when she told him she was going to contact the police.

Controlled Substance Problem: An officer conducted a traffic stop on W. Mesquite Blvd. for a traffic violation. The driver was found in possession of mari-juana and drug paraphernalia. The driv-er was issued citations for the violations and released.

Traffic accident W/O injury: An of-ficer responded on a private property ve-hicle collision. The driver exchange form was completed.

Fraud: Officer responded to the police department regarding a report of fraud. Officer spoke with the victim and ob-

tained all information available. Case is ongoing and will be forward to the detec-tive bureau.

Driving Under the Influence: An of-ficer conducted a traffic stop on W. Hafen Ln; the driver was arrested for DUI-Alco-hol (1st offense) and the traffic offense.

Wanted person: An officer conducted a traffic stop on N. Sandhill Blvd. on a ve-hicle for a traffic offense. The driver was arrested for two active warrants issued from Mesquite Municipal Court.

JULY 22:Fighting: Officers responded to a call

about a fight. The victim refused to press charges.

Disorderly Conduct: Officers re-sponded to a Riverside Dr. convenience store regarding a customer who was act-ing disorderly. Officers discovered the

customer was upset about a credit card charge. The store owner and customer were able to reach a resolution.

Traffic Stop: An officer conducted a traffic stop for a minor traffic violation. The driver was found to have two out-standing warrants for her arrest. The passenger was found in possession of an open container of alcohol. The driver was arrested for the warrants and the passen-ger was issued a citation for the open con-tainer and released.

Controlled Substance Problem: An officer conducted a traffic stop for a minor violation. The driver was found in possession of marijuana and an open container of alcohol. The driver was ar-rested for both charges.

JULY 23:Theft: An officer responded to a Har-

dy Way storage unit complex reference a report of theft from units that had locks cut. Information was gathered and the incident is under investigation.

Hit & Run: Officer responded to a Mesa Blvd. complex regarding a prop-erty damage accident. Officer obtained both parties information and a report was taken.

Suspicious Person/Circumstance: Officers responded to a report of a suspi-cious person. An information report was completed.

Domestic Violence IP: Officers re-sponded to a family fight on Desert Rose Way; no arrests were made.

Theft: An officer took a report of the theft of package from the front porch of a residence on Serenity Ridge Ct. Informa-tion received and report taken.

Property Damage, Non Vandalism: Officers responded to a damaged prop-erty call in a W. Pioneer Blvd. business parking lot.

POLICE BLOTTER

ARREST REPORTStatistics supplied by

Mesquite Police Depart-ment. Disclaimer: These names were reported in the Mesquite Police Department’s arrest report released July 25. Per-sons should be presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.

Bahl, Daniel RMesquite7/20/16Parole Violation

Carranza-Nunez, Cris-tian I

Mesquite7/21/16Basic SpeedDUI

Cawley, Franklin WHildale, UT7/21/16Jail Housing Agreement

Collins, Thomas MMesquite7/17/16BatteryBattery w/deadly weap-

onResisting arrestFalse Information/ob-

structingHit and run unattended

vehicleBattery by Prisoner

Corbin, Victoria NBeryl, UT7/21/16False/Altered IDPossession of Drug

Paraphernalia

Crawford, Domonique CToledo, OH7/17/16Jail Housing Agreement

Fairse, Wayne MScenic, AZ7/22/16Sexual Assault of Child

Coercion, no physical force

Galich, David JMesquite7/20/16Disturbing the Peace/

FightingResisting Arrest

Grado-Garcia, Jose RSalt Lake City, UT7/22/16Jail Housing Agreement

Gresser, Michael JLas Vegas, NV7/20/16Failure to Appear

Hampton, Fred JOlivehurst, CA7/20/16Domestic Battery 2nd

OffensePossession of Controlled

Substance

Hernandez, Raul GBurien, WA7/21/16Possession of Controlled

Substance

Hofmann, Robert AMesquite7/23/16Statutory Sexual Seduc-

tion

Kramer, Michael MSt. George, UT7/18/16Petit Larceny

Lee, Cami LOverton, NV7/22/16Failure to Appear x2

Matus, Cliff NSt. George, UT7/17/16Jail Housing Agreement

Matus, Kyle ASt. George, UT7/17/16

Jail Housing Agreement

McCoy, Markita AToledo, OH7/17/16Jail Housing Agreement

Montiel, DomingoSt. George, UT

7/18/16Felony Arrest Warrant

Norris, Brandon JCedar City, UT7/20/16Fugitive from Justice

Male Juvenile OffenderMesquite7/21/16Curfew

Rowley, Marshal CMesquite7/23/16Petit Larceny

Rozek, Charles MBay City, MI7/19/16Domestic Battery

Male Juvenile OffenderMesquite7/21/16Curfew

Saunders, Marcus VMesquite7/22/16Possession of Controlled

SubstancePurchase/Consumption

by minorOpen Container of Alco-

hol in Vehicle

Stanton, Teresa MBunkerville, NV7/20/16Petit Larceny

Villanueva, Jorge ABunkerville, NV7/22/16Failure to Appear x2

POLICE CALLSMany calls that the Police Department receives are not always included in the

blotter, as they are under investigation or a synopsis is not received. To show the amount of work our PD does do, we are including a weekly roster of stats. This week, there were 127 total incidents in the blotter:

Abuse/Neglect 1, Agency Assistance 6, Alarm 7, Animal Complaint2, Attempt to Locate 1, Citizen Assist 4, Civil Matter 5, Controlled Substance Problem 4, Disorderly Conduct 3, Domestic Violence 4, Driving Under the Influence 2, Fighting 1, Found Property 4, Fraud 7, Hit & Run 2, K9 Search 2, Keep the Peace 2, Miscellaneous CAD Call Record 5, Person on Foot 6, Property Damage, Non Vandalism 5, Reckless Driver 1, Robbery 1, Suspicious Person 14, Suspicious Vehicle 9, Theft 3, Theft from Vehicle 2, Threatening 1, Traffic Accident w/ Injuries 1, Traffic Accident W/O Injury 2, Traffic Problem 8, Traffic Stop 3, Transport 1, Trespassing 1, Unknown Problem 1, VIN Number Inspection 1, Want-ed Person 3, Welfare Check 2,

FIRE CALLS Mesquite Fire & Rescue submits the

following call statistics for the week of 7/18/16 through 7/24/2016:

Total Calls For Service: 42*911 Transports: 15Non Transports: 18Inter-facility Transports: 9Fire Related Incidents: 17/21/2016E-11, R-11, R-31 Responded to I-15

mm 121 for a report of a semi- truck overturned. Units arrived to find a semi that had left the roadway at high speed but remained upright. There was significant damage to front of tractor. Cargo and non-hazardous not compromised.

Non Transports include: Patient refusals, lift assists, patient deceased at scene, no patient found, no incident found, Incidents handled by other agencies.

* Call totals do not always add up to the Total Calls For Service due to multiple patients/incident types at a single incident.

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It can be rather entertaining to watch titans grapple for power — unless they are doing it in your backyard and you can be trampled.

The titans in this case are billionaires Warren Buffett, whose companies own Nevada’s largest electricity provider NV Energy, and Elon Musk, chairman of SolarCity, which installs rooftop solar panels that allow customers to pur-chase less electricity from Buffett.

NV Energy managed to get the state Legislature to change the law regarding rooftop solar panels and then con-vinced the state Public Utilities Com-mission (PUC) to drastically increase the connection fees charged solar panel owners and drastically reduce the re-imbursement rate for power uploaded to the grid from those solar panels, which is called net metering. The ruling applies not only to new solar panel installations, but also to the 17,000 who previously installed solar panels with

an implicit state promise of being able to earn a return on investment, which now is no longer possible for many. The new rates are being phased in over 12 years.

Though the rule changes are specific to NV Energy they have the potential to affect power prices and policies for other power providers in the state.

As an outgrowth of this struggle two measures have qualified to be on the statewide November ballot after garner-ing qualified signatures of more than 55,000 voters.

Question 3 on the ballot would amend the state Constitution to prohibit power company monopolies by 2023. The ap-proved description of the amendment as circulated for signatures reads, “This petition prohibits a legalized monopoly for electric utility generation and gives Nevada electric utility customers the right to choose their service provider from an open retail market based upon price, reliability, and other important factors. This includes the right for these persons, businesses, associations, and other entities, whether on their own or in conjunction with others, to produce their own electricity from renewable energy sources or other sources, and to sell that electricity on the open market.”

Elon Musk and Sen. Harry Reid are listed by Ballotpedia as supporters of the amendment.

Question 5 would essentially repeal the PUC’s tripling of connection fees for solar panel owners and cutting reim-bursement for uploaded power to one quarter of the previous rate. SolarCity and Reid are listed as backers.

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Window on government is eye-opening for employee pensions

The Nevada Policy Research Institute has updated its popular transparentne-vada.com website, which

reports the names and salaries of state and local government employ-ees, with 2015 data.

While the salary data is signifi-cant information for taxpayers who want to make sure we are getting our money’s worth, it may be the bene-fits, particularly retirement benefits, that warrant greatest scrutiny.

Yes, according to Nevada’s own employment records state and local government employees are paid about $10,000 more a year in wages than those in the private sector, but taxpayer-funded pensions for those workers in the Nevada Public Em-ployees’ Retirement System known as PERS, are the richest in the nation, according to research con-ducted by the American Enterprise Institute.

Robert Fellner, director of trans-parency research at NPRI, points out in a press release announcing the update at transparentnevada.com that, while the median private employer spends 3 percent of pay on their employees’ retirement accounts, Nevada taxpayers con-tribute 28 percent of each state and local government employee’s salary toward pensions and 40 percent for police and fire.

“Nevadans can expect higher taxes or service cuts if they are forced to continue paying for retirement ben-efits that are nearly ten times richer than what they themselves are likely to receive,” Fellner writes. “In 2013 — the most recent year data was avail-able — Nevada’s local governments spent a national-high 9.6 percent of direct general expenditures on re-tirement costs, nearly quadruple the 2.5 percent national average.”

The government pension program has an unfunded liability of $40 bil-lion.

Fellner’s research turned up one example of just how daunting it is for the average taxpayer to unravel the lucrative pension formula.

A Clark County police officer who retired in 2015 with 30 years on the job was eligible to receive 78 percent of his salary as an annual pension, which would have been $92,000 since his salary was $118,000. Instead, he is scheduled to receive

$172,000 a year for life.This is because PERS, as Fellner

explains, counts as salary a variety of additional pay, such as call-back pay, as well as part of the govern-ment’s pension contribution, which seems like double dipping.

According to transparentnevada.com, in 2014 there were more than 1,000 Nevada state and local retirees receiving annual pensions in excess of $100,000.

American Enterprise Institute found Nevada full-career PERS re-tirees fetch the most generous retire-ment checks of any state in the union — $64,000 a year on average or more than $1.3 million in lifetime benefits. That doesn’t include police and fire-fighters, who can retire earlier and generally have higher salaries.

In comparison, the average Social Security recipient gets $15,500 a year after being on the job decades longer.

In a report published during the 2015 legislative session, NPRI’s Fellner wrote, “Over the past 20 years, the amount Nevada taxpayers contribute toward public employee retirements has skyrocketed — from $384 million in 1995 to $1.4 billion to-day. That’s an increase of more than 50 percent after adjusting for both inflation and membership growth.”

During that session there was a bill pending to rein in this growth in public employee pension cost.

The bill — Assembly Bill 190 — would have changed the current system from a 100 percent defined-benefit program, in which the retire-ment benefit is calculated based on years of service and level of pay of the employee at retirement, to a hybrid — part defined-benefit, part defined-contribution. A defined-contribution plan is similar to the 401(k) programs used primarily by the private sector in which a portion of the salary is invested in something like a mutual fund. The amount of the pension depends on how well the investment does and relieves the taxpayer from having to cover any shortfall.

It would not have affected the pen-sions of current employees and only applied to those hired in the future.

Of course, it died in committee without ever being voted on.

Transparency is good, even when what you are seeing is so eye-open-ing. — TM

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The two faces of cliven Bundy

sENIor CENtEr soCk Hop a BIG sUCCEss

Dear Editor,Friday, April 1, the Senior Cen-

ter held its annual ‘50’s sock hop at the center. Many, many seniors and some younger folk had a great time. We saw poodle skirts, saddle shoes, and denim pants rolled up. Griseyda Belalcazar, Senior Services Super-visor, and Krissy Thornton, Senior Program Assistant, outdid them-selves: the planning, great decora-tions, music, food, all of it clicked. The late afternoon was fun for ev-eryone. The extra effort and work devoted to this event was enormous and so appreciated. Griseyda is like the energizer bunny. Krissy, her as-sistant, is the assistant energizer. The two of them together work wonders in the senior center. They obviously enjoy working with people.

Typical diner food was available

at great prices; many were enjoy-ing hamburgers, hot dogs, fries, root beer floats but the main food attrac-tion was the old-fashioned banana split. A $3 bargain price and you had a three-scoop, three-flavored ba-nana split topped with real whipped cream and a cherry. Leora sold a lot of splits! Conchita cooked a lot of hamburgers and hot dogs. The two of them ALWAYS volunteer their time and support all senior center activities. All staff members are very supportive of Griseyda and center ac-tivities.

Unfortunately, we didn’t see any city council members on the dance floor. Had any of them attended I’m sure they would have been enticed to “twist” again or perhaps “stroll” across the floor, or even “jerk” while waiting to line dance. We saw it all

Not since Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde shared the same body has one man been seen in such startlingly

contrasting lights.That man is Cliven Bundy, the

Bunkerville rancher whose armed supporters two years ago faced down federal land agents until they relented and released his impound-ed cattle. He and 18 others, includ-ing four of his sons, are now in jail facing a litany of charges growing out of that confrontation — includ-ing obstruction of justice, conspiracy, extortion, assault and impeding federal officers.

To read the prosecutor’s motion asking that Bundy be jailed without bail until his as-yet-unscheduled trial, you’d think he is evil incarnate bent on loosing havoc and destruc-tion upon the land. A judge agreed.

To read his attorney’s motion asking that he be released pending trial, you’d think he is eligible for sainthood. The motion has yet to be heard.

“Bundy is lawless and violent. He does not recognize federal courts — claiming they are illegitimate — does not recognize federal law, refuses to obey federal court orders, has already used force and violence against federal law enforcement officers while they were enforcing federal court orders, nearly causing catastrophic loss of life or injury to others,” prosecutors argue, adding, “In fact, all the evidence suggests that Bundy will continue to act law-lessly, will not abide by court orders, and will use violence to ensure that federal laws are not enforced as to him.”

But attorney Joel Hansen calls Bundy a political prisoner in the same vein as South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela.

“The government is trying Cliven Bundy in these motions, rather than before a jury of his peers. The government is holding Mr. Bundy in solitary confinement, a man who has never hurt a fly,” Hansen writes. “The government seems to be afraid that it might lose in a jury trial, so it wants to keep him in prison, in soli-tary confinement, as long as it can, because he, like Nelson Mandela, is a political prisoner. … There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution allowing the federal government to hold political prisoners without a trial. Nothing.”

Hansen based his political pris-oner allegations on the fact Bundy is accused by the government of having “strong anti-federal government views” and that his views are not “principled.”

“Mr. Bundy, in studying the US Constitution, found in the First Amendment that he had freedom of speech and that the govern-ment can’t take that away,” Hansen blusters. “And where in all of Anglo-American or Constitutional law is it

held that someone’s views must, in the government’s opinion, be ‘prin-cipled?’ Are we now in a fascist state where one’s opinions must be, in the opinion of the government, ‘prin-cipled?’ This is dangerous talk, to say the least.”

Hansen states that under the Bail Reform Act the government must prove by “clear and convincing” evidence that Bundy poses a danger to the community or it must prove by a “preponderance of the evidence” that he is a flight risk — noting that Bundy has not gone anywhere for two years.

He also recalls that Bundy was never at the “scene of any confronta-tion, never brandished a weapon, was never armed with any firearm, never directed anyone to assault a federal officer, and never assaulted anyone or committed any battery in his life.”

That contrasts somewhat with what prosecutors report Bundy said in an online interview shortly after the armed standoff.

“Bundy expressed dismay that the BLM officers were allowed to leave with their weapons on April 12: ‘we haven’t won the war, we’ve just won one chapter of it, ’” the detention mo-tion states. “Bundy’s characteriza-tion of the assault as part of a larger ‘war’ makes clear that his efforts to thwart and interfere with BLM law enforcement officers would carry on.”

The government says that “Bundy is a danger to the community and poses a risk of non-appearance. Bundy cannot overcome the pre-sumption that he should be detained and no conditions or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of others or his appear-ance at future proceedings,” even though Bundy’s attorney says he would agree to any travel, firearm or GPS tracking restrictions the gov-ernment would impose in return for being set free.

“Cliven Bundy is about as likely to hurt someone or to flee Nevada as a desert tortoise,” Hansen attests. “It just isn’t going to happen.”

Who is Cliven Bundy? Depends on who you ask.

Thomas Mitchell is a longtime Nevada newspaper columnist. You may email him at thomasmnv@yahoo.com. He also blogs at http://4thst8.wordpress.com/.

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THOMAS MITCHELLCOMMENTARY

Ballot measures may let voters determine battle of titans

Recently supporters of Ques-tion 2 on the November ballot, which would legalize and regulate the recreational use

of marijuana, released a study of the economic impact on the state should the initiative gain voter approval.

The analysis by RCG Economics of Las Vegas estimates the legal pot industry could add $464 million in tax revenue for the state over the next seven years, as well as create 3,300 direct jobs by 2024. Each direct job usually spins off three indirect jobs. The report also said roughly half of the recreational marijuana sales would likely be to tour-ists, possibly increasing that sector of the state’s economy.

But that is not why we support pas-sage of Question 2, but rather because it is a matter of basic liberty.

The Lockean or libertarian principles upon which this nation was founded hold that individuals are free moral agents who have a right to be secure

in their life, liberty, and property and to use those rights however they so choose so long as it does not infringe on the rights of others. Such rights are not granted by government but are inherent — or unalienable.

Excessive use of marijuana may well be harmful to its users, just the same as alcohol, tobacco and over eating. This does not represent a reason for govern-ment to ban it outright and imprison those who use it or engage in buying and selling it.

David Boaz, executive vice president of the Cato Institute and author of “Lib-ertarianism: A Primer,” explains the concept thusly: “Libertarianism is not libertinism or hedonism. It is not a claim that ‘people can do anything they want to, and nobody else can say anything.’ Rather, libertarianism proposes a society of liberty under law, in which individuals are free to pursue their own lives so long as they respect the equal rights of others. The rule of law means that individuals

are governed by generally applicable and spontaneously developed legal rules, not by arbitrary commands; and that those rules should protect the freedom of indi-viduals to pursue happiness in their own ways, not aim at any particular result or outcome.”

Question 2 would impose a 15 per-cent excise tax on marijuana wholesale transactions and the normal sales tax on retail sales. This money would be allocated for education. The Nevada Department of Taxation would issue licenses to those in the marijuana business. Pot sales locations would be subject to local zoning laws and, like alcohol sales, would generally be pro-hibited near schools, childcare facilities or churches.

Opponents of the measure argue legalization will make it easier for the drug to fall into the hands of minors, but we suspect regulated retailers will make it more difficult, because scofflaw street vendors have no scruples about to

whom they sell.Actually, studies have found that teen

marijuana use has fallen in recent years, even at a time when four states and the District of Columbia have legalized mar-ijuana and 23 others, like Nevada, allow it for medicinal purposes.

We do not advocate marijuana use any more than we advocate prosti-tution, which is legal in many rural Nevada counties, but rather come down on the side of decriminalization for con-senting adults in a properly regulated setting.

It is insane that the fate of those who deign to use marijuana at some point in their lives is dictated by the near-ran-dom chance that some are arrested for its possession and spend the rest of their lives with a criminal conviction hanging over them, while others go on to become president.

Individuals should be allowed the freedom to live their lives as they so choose.

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Why Nevadans should vote to legalize marijuana

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As I was about to use an old issue of your newspaper, I noticed a column by Thomas Mitchell I neglected to read.

Before using it to start my BBQ, I read it. It was about how the BLM was wrong in their facts that cattle are caus-ing the demise of the desert tortoise. It was very informative and well thought out.

As chance would have it, I took a hike to Rodger’s Springs and met a man from Las Vegas who verified Mitchell’s facts. The Las Vegas man said he bought his home years ago when it was surround-

ed by ranch lands and the desert tor-toise was common.

He said it was the wild horse and burros who compete with the tortoise. I added due to the bad economy, ranch-ers need to get second jobs and have lit-tle time to care for their horses.

Either they hire someone or turn them back to the wild. He said the BLM said the local herd of wild horses were only 50 but when they had a round up, it was five times that amount.DAVID PAHLKAMesquite

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to three candidates, one per each open council seat.

By dividing the 6,626 votes cast by three, that’s 2,208 votes per seat. To reach the 50-plus-1 threshold, a can-didate had to get at least 1,104 plus one votes. Taking the city code liter-ally and using the ‘votes’ cast, Brian Wursten and George Rapson exceeded that mark.

Wursten came in first with 1,243 votes with a close second by incumbent Rapson with 1,230 votes. Dave Ballweg took third place with 1,087 votes while Cindi Delaney came in fourth with 955 votes. The rest of the candidates all garnered less than a thousand votes. Ballweg and Delaney would have been the only two candidates going forward to the November general election for the third council seat.

However, when the council met five days after the June 14 primary to can-vass the results and make them offi-cial, Councilmen Kraig Hafen, Geno Withelder and Rich Green voted to rely on the number of ‘voters’ in deter-mining who went on to the November election and determined that the top six candidates would all advance. Ne-vada law requires at least two candi-dates per seat on the ballot. Candidates Dave West and Mike Benham will also appear on the general election ballot.

Rapson and Delaney recused them-selves from the canvassing action.

Hafen said “I take the blame for the ordinance that’s terribly done” adding that when he voted on the revised or-dinance in 2011 he never meant for the term ‘votes’ to determine election out-comes. He said the ordinance language was meant to refer to single-seat elec-tions. “I still don’t know how I voted on something like this. It’s un-American,” Hafen said. He also said that the 50 percent-plus-1 vote rule was not meant to apply in a multiple-seat election.

He asked City Attorney Bob Swee-tin to bring a revised ordinance to the council to adopt and use the term ‘vot-ers’ instead.

At Tuesday night’s meeting Delaney said “I’m real pleased with this. It does speak to the idea that we’re talking about voters and keeps it very simple and clear cut to define what the ma-jority of voters is. I know people com-

plained that there weren’t going to be a lot of people here in June. But people will find a way to vote usually by ab-sentee ballot.”

Rapson disagreed saying “I’m go-ing to add my two cents. To me this is a procedural deal. ‘Voters’ may have been what was intended and may well have been the right answer. But when the ordinance says ‘votes,’ that’s the answer. To change it retroactively, I don’t know if it’s legal. The bottom line is we passed an ordinance. Wheth-er we knew what we were voting on at the time is irrelevant. It passed. To change it retroactively is not how gov-ernment works. Philosophically what we did [changing the June 14 primary results] was wrong.

The public hearing will take place during the next council meeting on Aug. 9.

The council also set a public hearing for a change to the medical marijuana ordinances that will “exempt schools, community facilities, and residential zones, from the separation require-ments if they knowingly choose to lo-cate closer to existing medical marijua-na establishments” according to city documents.

City Development Services Director, Richard Secrist said in his back-up material for the agenda item that “City staff recently met with MLF Receiv-erships, Inc. regarding the Barcelona Partners properties. They’ve been tasked by the Courts to market the properties and pay off creditors. As a part of our discussions, they asked what the properties at 195 Willis Car-rier Canyon were being used for. Staff explained that that is where Deep Roots Medical LLC operates its med-ical marijuana establishments. Hear-ing that, the next question asked was, ‘are there required distance separa-tions from things like schools, church-es, etc.?’

“Staff explained the location restric-tions, generally, and we discussed the impact these may have on some of the Barcelona Partners parcels nearby. In light of the questions raised about the impact of these requirements on sur-rounding residential and commercial properties, staff has reviewed again the language of 9-15-8. In hind-sight now, it appears there may be some loop-holes and inconsistent language staff hopes to correct with this amendment.”

The hearing will also take place on Aug. 9 at the regular council meeting.

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The United States Constitution authorizes Congress to enact “uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the

United States.” Bankruptcy is designed to give those with overwhelming debt, who truly have no other options, a fresh start. Through a standard bankruptcy, a per-son’s debts are wiped out. However, there are exceptions. Taxes, student loans, child support obligations, and similar debts do not go away with bankruptcy.

Also, you can’t keep all your stuff and still have your debts disappear in bank-ruptcy. Instead, you can only keep a limited amount of property which is con-sidered to be “exempt” from the claims of creditors. For example, in Nevada, a per-son can keep their home as long as the eq-uity in the home doesn’t exceed $550,000 (on the other hand, Utah’s exemption on homes is only $20,000). There is also an automobile exemption in Nevada which protects equity in your car up to $15,000.

Other exemptions include certain household goods, furniture, life insur-ance, individual retirement accounts, social security, disability benefits, and certain trade tools. In many cases, people have already spent all of their money or have sold all of their property so they do not have to surrender any additional property. The little they have left already falls under one of the bankruptcy exemp-tions; however, it is important to talk with an attorney if you are considering bank-ruptcy to determine which exemptions will apply to your property.

It is also important to remember that

bankruptcy doesn’t allow you to get rid of your “secured debts.” Secured debts mean loans that, when you took out the loan, you promised the lender that they could have an item of property (usually a house or a car) if you didn’t make your payments in full. Thus, if you default on your mortgage payment or car loan, the bank can still foreclose on the home or repossess the vehicle even if you are in bankruptcy protection. However, the bankruptcy would prevent the bank from later suing you for a deficiency, which is the unpaid balance owing on the loan. In other words, you can get rid of the secured debt in bankruptcy, but be prepared to also lose the car or house to the bank that loaned you the money to purchase it.

In short, while sometimes abused, bankruptcy is designed to allow those with no other options an opportunity to start over with a clean slate. At the same time, the law is designed to protect the rights of creditors that have loaned money to the debtor and are entitled to be re-paid. In fact, the bankruptcy system is actually provided for in the Constitution and was seen by the founders as being essential to the commercial success of the United States.

Clifford Gravett is a local attorney with the Virgin Valley law firm of Bingham Snow & Caldwell and serving clients in Nevada, Arizona, and Utah (702-346-7300 / www.bing-hamsnow.com).

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EMMARENE HARDY LEE

Emmarene Hardy Lee, our beloved mother, passed away peaceful on July 23, 2016 at the home of her daughter, in Moapa, Nev. at the age of 82. She was born on September 10, 1933 to Heber Vernon Hardy and Margaret Sylvester in Las Ve-

gas, Nev. Emmarene has 3 brothers and 2 sisters.

On October 5, 1950 she married Verl Joseph “Whitey” Lee, in Mes-quite. They were later sealed for time and all eternity in the St. George, Utah temple. Together they had 4 children: Kel-

vin Berl (Chloe) Lee; Verl Jillene (Steven) Tietjen, of Mesquite, Kim (Kevin) Nielson of Bunkerville, Nev., and Lonia Lousie (Dale) Pulsipher of Moapa. She also had 13 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren. Em-marene was happy to share with everyone that she had 5 generations of posterity.

Emmarene was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints where she held many callings. For the past 21 years she was a member of the

Moapa Ward. She loved her Moapa ward family and they loved her. She had many friends in her life. It was friends who made it possible for her to enjoy her sum-mers at her summer home in the beauti-ful mountains of Jarbidge, Nev. for as long as she was able.

Emmarene was known for the kind-ness she showed towards others, her hard work and how to endure to the end. She never gossiped and she never com-plained about her trials. She instilled these values in her children and grand-children.

She is survived by her children and many grandchildren who loved her. Also, her sisters Lousie (John) Leavitt and Myrlene (Everett) Miller; and broth-er, Charles Hardy, Gary Davison.

Emmarene was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one grandson, Ja-cob Verl Tietjen; and two brothers, Val Hardy and Sheldon Hardy.

Graveside Services for Emmarene will be held on Thursday, July 28 at 9 a.m. in the Mesquite City Cemetery. The family invites you to leave a message or memory in their “Guest Book” at www.moapaval-leymortuary.com

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Both measures have the potential to alter the power market in Nevada. The voters may decide which titan wins.

In a case of the right hand not know-ing what the left hand is doing, the Governor’s Office of Economic Devel-opment enticed Musk’s SolarCity to open operations in Nevada by offering $1.2 million in taxpayer money to create new jobs — $800,000 of which was already paid out when the PUC altered the playing field for solar panel firms and SolarCity responded by laying off most workers and shutting down most operations. Other companies have done likewise and rooftop solar panel instal-lations have practically disappeared.

The PUC bought into the argument that solar panel owners used less power and therefore weren’t paying a fair share of the basic infrastructure costs, even though the only difference between solar panel owners and those who are just frugal is that solar panel

output can be measured. They also agreed solar panel owners should not be paid the current retail rate for uploaded power, while ignoring the fact solar power is uploaded at peak power usage times when wholesale rates are far higher than the 24-hour average and often higher than retail.

This killed the rooftop solar business. According to media accounts, applica-tions for solar installation dropped from 1,368 in December to 69 in January and only 18 in June.

As for Question 3, a number of major casinos are currently in the process of opting out of the monopoly power sys-tem, saying they can purchase power more cheaply on the open market. Why not others?

According to the U.S. Energy In-formation Administration, in the Mountain West region as of April only Arizona had higher residential cost per kilowatt-hour than Nevada.

Disclosure: The writer is a solar panel owner.

Thomas Mitchell is a longtime Nevada newspaper columnist. You may email him at thomasmnv@yahoo.com. He also blogs at http://4thst8.wordpress.com/.

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in person to the district office by July 29 by noon.

The board will hold a special meeting on August 10 at 5p.m. to consider the ap-plications and appoint a new member.

District accountant Wesley Smith pre-sented the board with a proposal to refi-nance an existing bond that is currently charging 3.4 percent interest. Smith told the board, “We expect to save $249,000 in interest charges by refinancing.” The new bond rate will be 1.68 percent through JP Morgan. The board unanimously ap-proved the refinancing.

In other business the board approved spending $60,000 to update the district’s master plan. District manager Kevin Brown told the board that when the plan was adopted in 2012, “The board at that time discussed having it updated every five years.” Brown recommended that Bowen, Collins & Associates (BCA) be awarded the contract as they currently keep district water model information “up to date.”

Chair Julien said “I would like to see a mechanism in place to start updating the plan after three years as things change so rapidly.” Director Barbara Ellestad requested that BCA keep the board in-formed as the work progresses because “I just don’t want all of this thrown at me at the last minute.” The work is expected to take about four months.

The board also approved delaying pipe-line replacement on Marilyn Parkway until the 2017-2018 fiscal year to allow the allocated funds to be spent on pipeline work on Riverside Road. The action was required as the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) accelerated plans to turn Riverside Road over to the City of Mesquite in the current fiscal year rather than in 2018 as was previously expected.

As part of the agreement to turn the road over to the city, NDOT will pay for paving the street. Once paved, the water district would be unable to work on the existing water line replacement for five years and the cost of the line work would dramatically increase. The board also ap-proved $50,000 for Bulloch Brothers En-gineering to proceed with the design and bidding of the project.

Chair Julien requested that the board policy on public comments by board members be discussed. At issue was a recent article in the Desert Valley Times (DVT) by director Sandra Ramaker that identified her comments as a board mem-ber rather than as a private opinion.

“I have some concerns, and yes we are entitled to our opinions. However, there are statutes and bylaws that concern how

we act as board members,” said Julien. “My concerns are mostly that in two loca-tions on the top and bottom of the article stated that she was with the water district which could give someone the impres-sion she was speaking on behalf of the water district.” Julien also suggested that staff respond to the “inaccuracies in the article.”

Director Ellestad told Ramaker “If I was teaching one of my college classes I would have flunked you for plagiarism. The article that was published in Let’s Talk Mesquite by Mike McGreer on June 24 amazingly contained similar material that was published in your article on June 29.” Ellestad continued “I don’t believe you wrote the article and I just want that on the record.”

Ramaker replied “The big concern is that the newspaper put on the article that I was a member of the Virgin Valley Water District. It was not on anything that I turned in.” Ramaker said she had a statement from the paper saying that they were the ones who identified her as a board member.

Director Rich Bowler said he “appre-ciated the information.” Bowler added “Shame on them” referring to the DVT, and added “Shame on them also for not noting that you are up for re-election. I hope at least they will do some in-kind donation for your opponent.” Bowler added that statements made in the article attributed to him “were not even close to what my opinion is.”

Ramaker told the board that in hind-sight “I should have made the statement that it was my opinion.”

Board members also criticized Ramak-er for again delaying providing proof of her assertions after the district budget was adopted that “this budget inten-tionally hides from the public the intent by some of this board and staff to make money from share leasing while ignoring the importance of keeping our water here to best service the public.” Ramaker also repeated the charge in her newspaper opinion article. At Ramaker’s request, the board tabled the issue in June until the July 19 meeting to give her time to provide evidence to support her comments.

Ramaker said she had asked the staff to remove the agenda item again because the board had asked for detailed evidence supporting her comments and she hadn’t time to prepare. Director Bowler criticized the decision to remove the item as the “full board had requested the item be placed on the agenda.” Bowler said that one board member should not have the ability to re-move an item from the agenda when it had been voted on by the full board. The issue will again be on the agenda at the next reg-ular meeting on Aug. 9.

[Editor’s Note: Ellestad is editor at Mes-quite Local News]

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$14.7 million contract for the new inter-change last December. “Usually it takes a year at least to build a bridge. We worked a lot of overtime to meet the schedule.”

Wheeler added that a tunnel bridge had never been built on I-15 before, and “that was our other major challenge. It was a first for NDOT and us and the city of Mesquite.”

Wheeler is most proud of the conveyor system his company used to move over 200,000 cubic yards of fill dirt from the north side to the south side burrow-ing under the interstate. “That system could have broken at any time and real-ly slowed things down. But we greased it up and ran it for a month without any hiccups. And we really saved a lot of wear and tear on the existing roadways.”

During the opening ceremony speech-es Wheeler teased Travis Anderson, City of Mesquite engineer and project li-aison about what construction workers may have buried in the bridge. Wheeler, who lives in Logandale, played upon the high school football rivalry between the Moapa Valley Pirates and Virgin Valley Bulldogs saying, “somewhere in this bridge is a pirate cast into the concrete. Then Travis who’s from Mesquite told me he was going to withhold all our con-tract payments. I promised him there wasn’t a pirate.”

Wendy Kinney, RSC General Manager for Do It Best Corporation, said “I can’t even tell you how excited I am about this new interchange. We’ve been waiting 10 years for this. Every week we receive ap-proximately 35 to 50 trucks full of mer-chandise in our warehouse. In addition, we send out about 48 trucks of merchan-dise to our member-owners. Over the course of a year, we have approximately 6,800 trucks either coming or going that will now be able to use an interchange designed with tractor-trailers in mind.

It will save us a lot of time and money.”The Do It Best warehouse is an anchor

tenant in the Mesquite Technology and Commerce Center (MTCC).

Fred Ohone, Southern Nevada Region-al Transportation Commission (RTC) Deputy General Manager for Planning and Engineering, told the MLN that the Exit 118 project is “one that we have been looking at for years. As a result of the fuel revenue index tax being passed we were able to come up with the funding to com-plete it. We are happy about the econom-ic development that can result from this interchange. We have other projects on the list for the future contingent on the fuel index tax being renewed by voters this fall. Mesquite has been a great part-ner with us for several years and we look forward to continuing that partnership.”

Reflecting on the new gateway to the MTCC, Assemblyman Chris Edwards (R-AD19) said “I’m going to do every-thing the folks up here ask me to do ex-pedite projects, companies coming in and meeting the needs of the communi-ty. I think this can be an excellent com-plement to the Faraday Futures project that’s starting up south of here. Faraday was the initial step at Apex but we an-ticipate it will spread out from there to areas like Mesquite and Moapa Valley. I’m also looking at the next legislative session to bring in more workforce dol-lars so we’ll have the people trained for the kind of jobs we may have.

“This is a game-changer for Mes-quite,” Warren Hardy, city of Mesquite lobbyist, said. “We’ve been waiting for this for a long time. This removes one of the two major concerns people have had about development in the MTCC. Cer-tain types of businesses need this type of direct truck access that Exit 118 now provides. Once we get natural gas ser-vice, we will have knocked both of those major concerns down. We’re just going to keep the issues and opportunities in Mesquite in front of our elected officials throughout the state.”

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The new Mesquite Farmer’s Market continues to bring in vendors and visi-tors despite the triple-digit temps we’ve all been feeling on the Friday nights in the past couple of months.

This past Friday, July 23 if you hap-pened to be driving down Mesquite Blvd between 4 and 7 p.m. you were likely to have spotted the founder of the market himself standing out there waving a big red arrow directing you into the parking lot where you would have found pleth-ora of stylish, whimsical, wearable and edible treats from vendors as near as Mesquite and as far as California.

Vendors were displaying colorful clothing and jewelry, some one of a kind such as the jewelry and beading created by Manalisa Carena. Carena creates the intricate jewelry and she and children Alejandro, Brenda, America and Ricar-do travel from 30 miles outside of Page, Ariz., to Mesquite for the market and events in St. George each weekend.

Other vendors like the Hammons family freely hand out samples of their sweet, unfiltered, raw honey from the Hammons’ hives located in the Overton/Logandale area. The honey is available in pint and quart sized jars as well as still on the comb.

Their Facebook page tells local cus-tomers what types of honey are present-ly available or will be in the near future such as Mountain Flower or Orange Blossom honey which they’ve just re-cently harvested.

Joshua Hammon also offers public services such as removal of hives and bee rescues and is available within the hour in most cases to safely remove any hives from your property. For more in-formation on bee removal you can con-tact Joshua Hammon at 801-529-7562 or email Hammons Honey at hammon-shoney@hotmail.com.

The farmer’s market will continue on the second and fourth Fridays each month in the Mesquite Plaza. For more informa-tion on the market or becoming a vendor please contact Chris Reif at 702-378-1112.

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Teri Nehrenz/MLNColorful yard art was something new to be found at the Mesquite Farmer’s Market on July 23.

FINAL WEEK FOR BEST OF MESQUITE

Today’s edition of the Mesquite Local News the final 2016 Best of Mesquite Ballot located on 4B and 5B.

Ballots will be accepted until noon on Wednesday, August 3 at the MLN office, 12 W. Mesquite Blvd., Suite 109.

The ballots will be sent to Las Vegas to be counted by a third party and the results will be printed in the October 6 edition of the Mesquite Local News.

Our next contest will be scheduled for the last three weeks in January, so that the snowbirds who are in the area will have a chance to vote as well .

EXPERIENCE THE LOCAL SCENIC BEAUTY AT BROWN BAG LUNCH

Join Susan Holladay at the Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery for an exploration of the Gold Butte area, the Valley of Fire and a hidden gem, the Buffington Pockets area on Tuesday, Aug. 2 starting at noon.

When Susan and her husband, Gerry, moved to Mesquite, they began explor-ing local landscapes. They even took Geology 101 in order to understand what they were seeing.

Bring your lunch, come enjoy their photos put to music and get out of the heat. The result is a visual experience of local beauty.

Adored for its great-tasting menu items and an environment unmatched among pizza competitors, Pizza Fac-tory, announced today a franchise growth strategy targeting Mesquite. The family-friendly pizza shop, with 113 locations in six states, has set into motion a strategy that aims to provide their renowned high-quality product, give back to the community and devel-op strong bonds with their neighbors in Mesquite.

“The role we play in the communities we serve goes well beyond just being the best place in the neighborhood for pizza. And, from the beginning of their journey with us, our franchisees are drawn to the brand because of the sincere connections we have with our fans,” said Mary Jane Riva, president and CEO of Pizza Factory. “We are growing our footprint into neigh-borhoods big and small where we know our awesome people, product and philan-thropic partnerships will be valued and Mesquite has exactly what we are looking for.”

Pizza Factory has established a solid reputation already in the West and its growth strategy reflects this stronghold on the region, where it can properly sup-port locations through marketing and operations programs. The high-level of support Pizza Factory offers its franchi-sees has provided significant scalabili-ty for franchisees, many of which have opened multiple locations or have plans to do so.

With a strategic plan in place, Pizza Factory will grow into Mesquite and is now accepting franchisee inquiries. Piz-za Factory will be a welcomed addition to Mesquite because it has such a strong sense of community with a great bal-ance of residential and business build-ings.

“We also have a strong commitment to helping our franchisees reach their per-formance and growth goals,” added Riva. “The majority of our franchisees work in their restaurants and live in the com-munities they serve. They care deeply about their customers, their business and making a difference. We assist in every way possible to ensure our franchisees’ restaurants radiate the welcoming neigh-borhood feel we all have come to know and love.”

The brand’s slogan “We Toss’Em, They’re Awesome!” is well-known among guests who cherish their hand-tossed pizzas, as well as the fresh, hand-made pastas, sandwiches, and salads featured on the menu. Unlike similar pizza concepts, Pizza Factory uses only fresh, hand-grated 100% mozzarel-la cheese, slow cooked meat sauce and meatballs that are hand rolled in-house. The fast-casual pizzeria allows guests to order at the counter before their food is delivered tableside.

In support of the towns Pizza Factory calls home, it launched the well-known “No Bully Zone” program that raises awareness about the prevalence of bully-ing in schools and throughout the com-munity. Through community partner-ships, Pizza Factory fights to put an end to harsh bullying wherever and whenever it occurs. In addition, Pizza Factory also of-fers fundraising programs to support lo-cal schools, youth sports leagues, as well as other community groups and organi-zations.

Iconic pizzeria to expand to Mesquite

IN BRIEF

The House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing Tuesday, July 26 in North Las Vegas on improving management and utilization of federal lands in and around North Las Vegas. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT), Rep. Cresent Hardy (R-NV), Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and a panel of expert witnesses gathered to discuss a path for-ward to better serve the local communi-ty.

The outskirts of the city are owned in a checkerboard pattern by private, state and federal governments, a situation that is driving up the cost of housing and creating a host of management challeng-es for local communities.

“Every one of us on this Committee and every witness on this panel supports protecting Nevada’s public lands and preserving our natural heritage. On that principle, there is no debate,” Rep. Har-dy said. “But we also believe that there is a better way forward that will protect our public lands while also allowing the people of the Las Vegas Valley to thrive.”

Rep. Hardy proposes more efficient issuance of special use leases or convey-ance of certain lands from the federal government to Clark County to better promote the common good for the Las Vegas Valley community.

General Manager and Chief Engi-neer of Clark County Regional Flood Control District, Steve Parrish, testified to a public safety challenge his agency faces due to the current land ownership structure.

“When our desert flash floods occur, a significant amount of sediment and debris washes into the detention basins, limiting the basins’ capacity for future flood events. Some of our leases require us to go through an onerous and lengthy

process with the Bureau of Land Man-agement before those materials can be removed. This limitation on the basin’s capacity is a significant public safety is-sue,” Parrish said.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) policy is creating significant regulatory uncertainty, causing seri-ous problems for the local homebuild-ing industry and driving up the cost of housing in Clark County. This means more and more Nevada residents are be-ing priced out of the new home market. Non-profits including Opportunity Vil-lage, a charitable organization dedicated to helping those with intellectual dis-abilities, struggle to build new facilities.

“Federal land, by definition, belongs to Americans and should be used to im-prove the lives and wellbeing of Amer-icans,” Chairman Bishop stated. “It seems crazy that the BLM can’t identify enough land for lease or sale to satisfy the needs of the Las Vegas Valley. Even more disturbing is BLM can’t even seem to help organizations trying to house cit-izens most in need of help.”

Members and witnesses stressed the importance of streamlining the un-wieldy leasing process for economic growth.

“Smart and fair regulation of federal lands in Nevada […] can help keep the industry vibrant and a major contrib-utor to economic growth,” David Jen-nings, board member of Southern Neva-da Home Builders Association, argued. “Costly and cumbersome regulation raises the cost of land acquisition and development, which, over time, discour-ages future investment. As investment in land wanes, the homebuilding indus-try withers and so many auxiliary busi-nesses that depend on development also decline.”

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The goal is the Mesquite Cancer Help Society is to serve the community to the fullestextent by providing educational materials andaddressing a cancer patient’s needs TODAY,when help is needed most — to give patientsthe tools necessary to understand and managetheir illness.

Mesquite Cancer Help Society is dedicated toproviding financial assistance to cancer patientsfor: Prescriptions, various medical bills, physicaltherapy, counseling, fuel (to/from cancer treatmentcenters and appointments with cancer doctors),utilities and rent assistance (reviewed on an individual basis), organization of medical billsand payment schedules with doctors, researchingother Support Programs which may be available.

They also provide support Group Meetingsthe 2nd Thursday of each month. Speakersmake presentations on topics that aid cancerpatients, Wigs, Hats, Scarves, Sleeper Caps,Medical Equipment, Brochures and educationalMaterials on all types of cancer and nutrition(healthy eating habits, chemo, radiation, grieving,living beyond cancer, etc.), Internet research on all cancers, Books, videos, CDs on cancertreatments, survival, eating, grieving, imagery.

By Teri NehrenzMLN

The reception for the Splash of Color exhibit held at the Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery on July 21 brought forth a splash of color and a splash of tears.

Barbara Ellestad, sponsor of the July exhibit splashed a few tears as she told the reception attendees why she spon-sors the exhibits, particularly in July, each year.

Ellestad, editor of the Mesquite Local News, explained that she sponsors spe-cifically the July event because it is the anniversary month of her beginning the Mesquite Citizen Journal. She further explained that one of the art pieces she had purchased from the gallery holds a deep and very personal meaning to her. It was purchased at time when she was particularly vulnerable and the art ex-pressed exactly where her head, heart and soul were at that moment in time. It was a self-portrait of artist Judith Hetem just after the loss of her husband which was in close proximity to the time when Ellestad also lost her husband Scotty.

Hetem also happened to be the first place winner of the ‘Splash of Color ex-hibit’ and the winning painting again, on a very personal level, whispered to the depths of Ellestad’s soul. The piece titled ‘And Then There Was One’ was a stunning piece and Ellestad mentioned both pieces and how they touched her

bfore announcing her ‘Sponsor’s Choice’ award.

Ellestad continues to stay connected to the VVAA and its artists because of the friendships she’s formed since her very first association with the gallery. Art and it’s deeper personal meaning is something Ellestad respects but those who create the art are who she cherishes and continues to support in many ways.

Ellestad chose to give the ‘Sponsor’s Choice Award’ to digital artist Shirley Smith for a piece of Transformed Photo-graphic Art titled ‘Desert Spirit’. ‘Desert Spirit’ is a single, purple cactus bloom in front of a black background fused onto aluminum. Smith also has pieces she has had fused onto acrylic; both processes add a stunning quality to photographic pieces.

Smith’s ‘Desert Spirit’ also took sec-ond place in the competition and Floyd Johnson won third place for his painting of Marilyn Monroe and People’s Choice again this month for his bold desert landscape.

INFOFor more information on gallery

exhibits or how you can join the Virgin Valley Artist’s Association contact the gallery at 702-346-1338.

Teri Nehrenz/MLN“And Then There Was One,” an oil painting by artist Judith Hetem, won first place in the ‘Splash of Color’ exhibit held at the Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery during the month of July.

A Splash of tears and color

Teri Nehrenz/MLNShirley Smith stands beside her transformed photographic art, “Desert Spirit,” which took second place in the Splash of Color’competition.

Gentry Bradley was born in Louisville, Kentucky and at the age of 13 he and his family moved to Los Angeles. About 10 years ago, he and his wife landed in Mesquite. He said that they were trav-eling through the gorge from St. George to Mesquite and his wife exclaimed that if Mesquite was even close to being this beautiful that was where they were go-ing to live.

When Bradley was around 22 years old he got his first Polaroid camera. He said, “it was like capturing the expres-

sion of a feeling” that he wanted others to see. Even though he couldn’t put the ‘feeling’ into words, he could with the pictures he took.

Little did he realize at the time just where his love of photography would take him.

Fast forward to the present and Brad-ley has been all over the world taking pictures from Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Kangaroo Island, to every-

Gentry Bradley named August Artist

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where in the United States and its na-tional parks. His favorite park is close to home – Arches National Park in Utah. While he does not photograph people (no weddings, please) just about every-thing else is fair game. He especially loves photographing sunsets.

Through the years, learning all he could about photography, he is entirely

self-taught. Bradley said that, “photography is like

the rush you get when you catch your first fish. You take many pictures but then you get the one that really takes your breath away. Nothing compares to being at the right place at the right time to get that one shot.”

He also says “there is nothing more exciting than capturing and showing all the beauty of God’s creations.” He truly feels that it was and is his destiny to do this photography work; taking pictures of our beautiful world and all its inhab-

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“Alabama Jones and the Trailer Park of DOOM!” is a spoof of Indiana Jones movies with a southern twist - and a twister!! Alabama Jones, Professor at Tulane Blacktop University, is on the hunt for the original velvet Elvis paint-ing. Bamy’s comic quest starts off in Mistakey, Alabama where he reunites with old flame Jewel - a waitress at the IHOG (the International House of Grits). Someone is out to kill her but knocks off the IHOG cook by mistakey!

Jewel and “Bamy” hit the road on a whirlwind journey encountering boo-by traps in a haunted junkyard, sing-ing Martians in a spaceship, a swarm of cockroaches in the Cooter Caves, and a twister that whisks them into the heart of the Trailer Park of DOOM and a cult of mysterious Bubba Worshippers!

Characters include Harley Davidson, Ima Globetrotter, weatherman Stormy Day, The Boogie Woman, Prozac the Martian Leader, Mona Lisa Marie Pres-ley and many more!

Join the Mesquite Local News Team and the Eureka Community Initiative today at 5 p.m. as they serve up a mess of laughs all for Mesquite Reads.

Tickets for dinner and the show are $25. Doors open at 4 p.m., show starts at 5 p.m. For more information or to pur-chase tickets contact the Mesquite Local News or visit J.S. Merchant at the Eureka.

There are a ton of weekly events we just can’t fit them all into the paper but our web site will direct you to a wide va-riety of activities that happen every day all around Mesquite. For those of you who stick around all year, you will find

a ton of indoor activities and even a few outdoor ones for the brave that will keep you fit and active all summer long. Visit www.mesquitelocalnews.com/calendar for all your summer activities.

Send all your activities to terin.bbm@gmail.com and please remember to put “community calendar” in the subject line so your event notice doesn’t get lost in cyber space.

THURSDAY, JULY 28Crochet and More Club

Where: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First North St.

When: 2:15-3:45 p.m.Info: 702-346-5224

Math Ninja SuperheroesWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First

North St.When: 4 p.m.Info: 702-346-5224

Alabama Jones and the Trailer Park of Doom Mystery Dinner

Where: Eureka Grand BallroomWhen: 5 p.m. Doors open at 4 p.m.Info: 702-346-6397

FRIDAY, JULY 29Open Chess

Where: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First North St.

When: 2-4 p.m.Info: 702-346-5224

SATURDAY, JULY 30Kids Movie Matinee “Kung Fu Panda Z”

Where: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First North St.

When: 1 p.m.Info: 702-346-5224

The Fab Beatles TributeWhere: Casablanca Showroom, 950

W. Mesquite Blvd.When: 8:30 p.m. Doors open 7:30 p.m.Info: www.casablancaresort.com

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2Brown Bag Luncheon

Where: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery, 15 W. Mesquite Blvd.

When: noonInfo: 702-346-1338

Technical Review MeetingWhere: City Hall, 10 E. Mesquite

Blvd.When: 1:30 p.m.Info: www.mesquitenv.gov

Virgin Valley Water District Board of Directors Meeting

Where: District Headquarters, 500 Riverside Rd.

When: 5 p.m.Info: www.vvh2o.com

Knights of ColumbusWhere: La Virgen De Guadalupe

Catholic Church, 401 Canyon Crest Dr.When: 6:15 p.m.Info: 702-400-3783

EVERY WEEKBeginners Drawing with Bunny Wiseman

Where: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery Classroom, 15 W. Mesquite Blvd.

When: 1-4 p.m.Info: 702-346-1338

Evening Drawing Classes for Beginners

Where: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery Classroom, 15 W. Mesquite Blvd.

When: 5:30-7:30 p.m.Info: 702-346-1338

Watercolor PaintingWhere: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery,

15 W. Mesquite Blvd.When: Tuesdays, 9 a.m.Info: 702-346-1338

Acrylic Painting Beginner to Advance

Where: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery, 15 W. Mesquite Blvd.

When: Tuesdays, 1-4 p.m.Info: 702-346-1338

Beginning WatercolorWhere: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery,

15 W. Mesquite Blvd.When: Wednesday, 1-3 p.m.Info: 702-346-1338

3-D Paper ArtWhere: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery,

15 W. Mesquite Blvd.When: Thursdays, 9 a.m.Info: 702-346-1338

Bead Weaving with Karron KnightWhere: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery,

15 W. Mesquite Blvd.When: 9 a.m.-noonInfo: 702-346-1338

Open Paint DayWhere: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery,

15 W. Mesquite Blvd.When: Friday, 9 a.m.-noonInfo: 702-346-1338

Hatha YogaWhere: Mesquite Recreation Center,

100 West Old Mill RoadWhen: Monday, Wednesday, Friday

6:45 a.m.-7:45 a.m.Info: 702-346-8732

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The Virgin Valley Water District is now accepting resumes for a Board Director.

At the District’s July 19, 2016, meeting, a Board vacancy was declared. The successful nomineewill serve out the remainder of the term of this position, until December 31, 2018.

At the time of employment, applicants must be 18 years of age or older, lived in Mesquite (north of the Virgin River for at least six months. Applicants must commit to attending two Board meetings per month (first and third Tuesdays of the month at 5:00 p.m.

Resumes will be accepted until July 29, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) at the District office located at 500 Riverside Road in Mesquite, Nevada. Discussion of filling the vacancy will

occur at a Special Board meeting set for August 10, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. All candidates, at the time of turning in their resume, will receive a letterfrom the District in accordance with NRS 241, informing them of the possibility of public discussion of the candidate’s character, misconductor competence. The letter must be signed and returned to the

District prior to the August 10 board meeting.

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THIS WEEK IN HISTORYJuly 28, 1995: Player’s Island Resort

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Leavitt 2nd plural wife of Dudley Leavitt Sr. dies in Bunkerville.

August 1909: Rain ruined 15 tons of raisins.

August 1928: Wallace Berry lands his crippled airplane in Littlefield; first plane to land in Littlefield.

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Elder Braxton Bing-ham returns after serv-ing a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served 24 months in the Utica New York Mission. Brian and Kris-

tine Bingham of Bunkerville 2nd are his parents. Elder Bingham will speak July 31 at 11 a.m. in the Bunkerville Chap-el, located 300 E. Virgin St.

Marlan Felshaw has been called to a mission for The Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will serve 24 months in the Texas Lubbock Mission (Span-ish Speaking). Felshaw leaves for the Mexico City Missionary Train-ing Center on August

2. Gilbert and Deon Felshaw of the Mesquite 1st Ward are his parents. Elder Felshaw will be speaking prior to his departure on July 31 at 1 p.m. in the Stake Center located at 100 N. Arrow-head Ln.

FALCON RIDGE GROUPThe game of golf is made for having

fun out on the links with friends and competitors. When you reach an age that you should move it forward to the senior tee’s this should bring back the “can’t wait to play” attitude for us all. The club members who have adopted this into their game plan are having a great time these days.

Alex Churchich shot 71 on Wednes-day, July 20 and came back with a 75 to win low gross honors in this tourney. All parts of his game are in tune these days. It wasn’t a walk in the park as Terry Spriggs and Clark Mitchell kept it close by carding 76’s to take 2nd and 3rd low gross.

Pam Mitchell held up the Mitchell honor by taking 1st low net. Lee Ste-vens won 2nd place after 4 birdies. Scott Jones was 3rd low net. The KP winners were Jim Buttler (hole #2), Clark Mitch-ell (hole #5) and Stewart Jones (hole #14). There were so many birdies recorded this week it was hard to win a “SKIN.” Two were awarded, one to John Johnson for (hole # 6) and the 2nd to Don Austin on (hole # 3).

The weather is hot so to “beat the heat” we are playing early so as to be in the clubhouse by 10am. Bring your “A” game out and enjoy a fun day with this club. For entry in these tourneys, call Mindee West at Falcon Ridge - 702-346-6363.

YEH CLOSE TO RECORD WITH SEVEN BIRDIES

Andrew Yeh came within three shots of his best score at Falcon Ridge on Tuesday, July 19. With birdies on one, three, four and seven he made the turn at three under par 32. He continued his

barrage of birdies with one on 10, 11 and 16 for a one under par 36 for a total round of 68 which was three off his best of 65. His seven birdies were only one off his best of eight.

Joe Smith shot a nice round of 37-40 for 77. Kim Tomsic was two shots back of that with his 39-40-79. That round tied him with Dan Trower’s great round of 88 at net 66. Both players parred the first handicap hole and Tomsic’s par on hole six earned him the right to first low net when Trower bogeyed. Smith’s 77 was just one net shot back at 67. Keep trying Joe!

Yeh’s round extended his lead in the summer fed ex cup by over 600 points. At the half way point, it appears that ev-eryone else can battle it out for second place.

HOEPFNER, LIRA, SWAYNE TIEEd Hoepfner (82), Manny Lira (89)

and Dick Swayne (83) all tied for first place low net on Thursday, July 21 at the Canyons golf course. It only lasted as long as you can say “birdie” for Hoepf-ner to claim the first lowest of the low as Swayne would par and Lira double bogey. Andrew Yeh only had two bird-ies on his round of 38-34-72 for medalist honors. Hoepfner’s first place low net jumped him into second place in the summer net tournament just 57 points ahead of third place Bubba Petrick who finished tied for 4th .

The next scheduled play is Thursday, July 28 at 7:00 at CasaBlanca. Always check your sign-up sheets for any cor-rected times or places. Anyone interest-ed in joining the MMGA can call 702-346-5636. Also check out our website at www.mesquitemensgolf .com.

Mesquite Gaming presents its ultimate mixed martial arts amateur fighting championship event, “Mayhem in Mes-quite IX,” 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 at the CasaBlanca Events Center at CasaBlan-ca Resort-Casino-Golf-Spa. In partner-ship with Barry Meyer’s World-Famous Tuff-N-Uff The Future Stars of MMA, the card includes fighters from gyms in surrounding areas, to include Nevada, Utah, Arizona and California.

“Our Mayhem in Mesquite events con-tinue to grow and are only getting better each time,” said Ely Prussin, director of player development for Mesquite Gam-ing and founder of “Mayhem in Mes-quite.” “The Tuff-N-Uff team has once again created a stellar lineup of fights and we’re looking forward to welcoming guests from Utah, Arizona, California, Las Vegas and beyond for a great night in Mesquite.”

The ninth installment of the popu-lar Mayhem in Mesquite series will be a night of high-paced action, featuring a full roster of the brightest prospects in MMA. Xtreme Couture, Syndicate MMA, Cobra Kai, MMA Fusion, 9th Isle BJJ, Uprising MMA and UFC Gym are just a few of the top gyms being repre-sented.

“Mesquite is Tuff-N-Uff’s home away from home and we love bringing the future stars of MMA to the CasaBlanca Resort & Casino,” said Tuff-N-Uff CEO, Jeff Meyer. “As usual, Tuff-N-Uff will be bringing some of the toughest male and female fighters in the country and I ex-

pect to see some of these fighters in the UFC someday soon.”

Doors open for the main event at 6 p.m. and food and beverage conces-sions will be available. Guests aged 18 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Advance tickets are $25 for gen-eral admission and $45 for floor VIP, $30 for general admission and $50 floor VIP on the day of the event and are available by calling 800.585.3737 or by visiting www.startickets.com or www.tuffnuff.com. Room specials are offered for the action-packed event weekend, with a rate of $55 at Virgin River and $55 at CasaBlanca with code MMAPK04. Reservations can be made by calling 702.345.6789.

For additional fight information and updates, visit the “Mayhem in Mesquite” Facebook page.

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Editor’s Note: The schedules below are subject to change without notice. All information is deemed accurate at the time of print. Schedules for fooll and soccer will be printed August 18.* Denotes League Event

TENNISCoed VarsityThursday 8/25/16 Eldorado High School Home 3:30 pmFriday 8/26/16 Sunrise High School Home 3:30 pmWednesday 8/31/16 *Boulder City High School Away 3 pmFriday 9/2/16 *Chaparral High School Home 3 pmTuesday 9/6/16 *Moapa Valley High School Away 3 pmThursday 9/8/16 *Southern NV Vocational Technical Center Away 3 pmSaturday 9/10/16 *Del Sol High School Home 9 AMTuesday 9/13/16 Boulder City High School Home 3 pmThursday 9/15/16 *Chaparral High School Away 3 pmFriday 9/16/16 Rancho High School Home 3:30 pmTuesday 9/20/16 *Moapa Valley High School Home 3 pmThursday 09/22/16 *Southern NV Vocational Techni-cal Center Home 3 pmMonday 09/26/16 *Del Sol High School Away 3 pm

CROSS COUNTRYCoed VarsityTuesday 8/30/16 *Southern NV Vocational Technical Center Away 4:30 pmWednesday 9/14/16 *Boulder City High School Away 4:30 pmTuesday 9/20/16 *Mojave High School Away 4:30 pm

VOLLEYBALLGirls VarsityFriday 8/26/16 Las Vegas Invitational Away Saturday 08/27/16 Las Vegas Invitational Away Tuesday 8/30/16 Sunrise High School Home 6 pmFriday 9/2/16 Calvary Chapel Christian School Home 5 pmTuesday 9/6/16 Liberty High School Away 6 pmThursday 9/8/16 Pahranagat Valley High School Home 6 pmTuesday 9/13/16 Eldorado High School Home 6 pmSaturday 9/17/16 Boulder Invite Away Tuesday 9/20/16 *Boulder City High School Away 6 pmThursday 9/22/16 *Chaparral High School Home 6 pmMonday 9/26/16 *Moapa Valley High School Away 6 pmWednesday 9/28/16 *Southern NV Vocational Tech-nical Center Away 6 pmWednesday 10/5/16 *Del Sol High School Home 6 pmFriday 10/7/16 Utah Classic Away Saturday 10/8/16 Utah Classic Away Thursday 10/13/16 *Boulder City High School Home

6 pmTuesday 10/18/16 Chaparral High School Away 6 pmThursday 10/20/16 *Moapa Valley High School Home 6 pmMonday 10/24/16 *Southern NV Vocational Techni-cal Center Home 6 pmWednesday 10/26/16 *Del Sol High School Away 6 pmTuesday 11/1/16 NIAA Regionals Away Wednesday 11/2/16 NIAA Regionals Away Thursday 11/3/16 NIAA Regionals Away Friday 11/4/16 NIAA Regionals Away Saturday 11/5/16 NIAA Regionals Away Friday 11/11/16 NIAA State Championships Saturday 11/12/16 NIAA State ChampionshipsGirls Junior VarsityTuesday 8/30/16 Sunrise High School Home 5 pmFriday 9/2/16 Calvary Chapel Christian School Home 4 pmTuesday 9/6/16 Liberty High School Away 5 pmThursday 9/8/16 Pahranagat Valley High School Home 5 pmTuesday 9/13/16 Eldorado High School Home 5 pmTuesday 9/20/16 *Boulder City High School Away 5 pmThursday 9/22/16 *Chaparral High School Home 5 pmMonday 9/26/16 *Moapa Valley High School Away 5 pmWednesday 9/28/16 *Southern NV Vocational Tech-nical Center Away 5PmWednesday 10/5/16 *Del Sol High School Home 5 pmThursday 10/13/16 *Boulder City High School Home 5 pmTuesday 10/18/16 Chaparral High School Away 5 pmThursday 10/20/16 *Moapa Valley High School Home 5 pmMonday 10/24/16 *Southern NV Vocational Techni-cal Center Home 5 pmWednesday 10/26/16 *Del Sol High School Away 5 pmGirls FreshmanTuesday 8/30/16 Sunrise High School Home 4 pmTuesday 9/6/16 Liberty High School Away 5 pmTuesday 9/13/16 Eldorado High School Home 4 pmTuesday 9/20/16 *Boulder City High School Away 5 pmThursday 9/22/16 *Chaparral High School Home 4 pmMonday 9/26/16 *Moapa Valley High School Away 5 pmWednesday 9/28/16 *Southern NV Vocational Tech-nical Center Away 4 pmWednesday 10/5/16 *Del Sol High School Home 4 pmThursday 10/13/16 *Boulder City High School Home 4 pmTuesday 10/18/16 Chaparral High School Away 5 pmThursday 10/20/16 *Moapa Valley High School Home 4 pmMonday 10/24/16 *Southern NV Vocational Techni-cal Center Home 4 pmWednesday 10/26/16 *Del Sol High School Away 5 pm

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES MMA: Mayhem in Mesquite at CasaBlanca Aug. 13

MAYHEM IN MESQUITE IXFriday, Aug. 12:

6 p.m.: Weigh-ins in the CasaBlanca Showroom

8:30 p.m.: Ring Girl competition and performance by the Spazmatics in the CasaBlanca ShowroomSaturday, Aug. 13:

1 – 4 p.m.: Pre-Fight Pool Party at the Lagoon Pool.

7 p.m.: Mayhem in Mesquite IX in the CasaBlanca Events Center

10 p.m.: Official “Mayhem in Mes-quite” after-party will take place in the CasaBlanca Showroom, featuring The Saints of Las Vegas. Admission is free.

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Homemade fresh soups are served with daily specials and their great breakfast menu is served all day long.

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They also offer a full service bar with all of your favorite bever-ages. Among them are draft and bottled beers, including imported and domestic.

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