Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 29th of October.
Good morning, Carson City.
BOOnanza returns for its 10th annual free community trick-or-treat night today, with more than 100 local businesses hosting booths from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Mills Park (1111 East William Street); new this year Sierra Inline Hockey will run a $10 skate night with $3 skate rentals.
The 88th Nevada Day Parade will start at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct.
31, downtown with a morning balloon launch, vendor plaza, and family events; trick-or-treating will be observed Friday. Expect possible rain, bundle up, and avoid downtown streets closed from 5 a.m. Saturday (North Curry closed 3 p.m. today through 1 p.m. Monday).
Carson City School District is collecting new coats, sweatshirts, and jackets for students served by its McKinney Vento program through Dec.
11; drop off donations Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the McKinney Vento Office (618 W. Musser St.) or give gift cards or money.
Carson Middle School is not permitting costumes this year after Student Leadership picked a Fall Color War for spirit week, citing logistics with eighth-grade field trips to the Nevada State Museum and State Capitol, while Carson High, Eagle Valley, and many elementary schools will allow costumes (trick-or-treat night is Friday, Oct. 30).
UNR is launching a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Animal Science to train students for careers in ranching, veterinary medicine, and livestock production with hands-on learning at the Main Station Farm Science Center and Wolf Pack Meats.
Dr. Amilton de Mello will lead the program, and Truckee Meadows Community College students can transfer into it.
A pre-application filed with Douglas County proposes converting a 44-acre Fredericksburg Road ranch at 277 and 281 Fredericksburg Road into a High Mark Distillery visitor site with barn-based aging, retail and a 250-person event and conference space.
No special-use permit or agritourism ordinance has been filed, and on-site distilling isn't proposed at this stage.
Douglas (3-6, 1-3) will try to avoid relegation today when it hosts Reed (2-7, 0-4) at 7 p.m., with the loser dropping to 4A North and the winner securing a 5A North spot next season.
Carson High will finish the regular season on the road at Wooster today (7 p.m.), aiming to rebound after last week's 38-7 loss.
Carson has already secured the No. 2 seed and a home 4A North playoff game; Wooster is out of postseason contention.
Carson High clinched its second straight Class 5A state tournament berth with a 3-0 win over Douglas on Wednesday and will host Bishop Manogue for the regional final Friday at 6 p.m. at Carson High.
Nevada will play UCLA at the Rose Bowl on Saturday (1:15 p.m.), with No. 7 UCLA 7-0 and heavily favored while Nevada is 3-4 and focused on the Mountain West race; Nevada will also receive a $1.3 million payout for the game.
Douglas will host Reed today at 7 p.m. with the loser dropping to 4A North next season; Douglas (3-6, 1-3) seeks back-to-back wins after upsetting McQueen, while Reed (2-7, 0-4) needs a victory to claim the tiebreaker.
Sierra Lutheran finished its season 7-3 after losing the finale to Immanuel Christian (58-42) in Southern California, with Matt Fahey passing for 265 yards and three touchdowns and Scott Schroder returning a kickoff for a TD as the program prepares to graduate nine seniors.
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