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GOP Candidates Come To M.V. For First Debate

The Republican candidates for the U.S. Congressional District 4 gathered on Tuesday, May 15 at Moapa Valley High School for their first debate of the primary election season.

Stuck With Property On Street That Doesn’t Exist

Rhett and Jennifer Richins of Logandale have found themselves in something of a pickle over a piece of property they bought last summer. In August last year, the Richins purchased a couple of acres of land in Logandale at the northwest corner of what they thought was Terry St. and the Cameron Ave. alignment.

Local FFA Holds Annual Appreciation Banquet

The Moapa Valley chapter of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) held its appreciation banquet on Thursday, May 10. The banquet is chance for members to reflect back on the 2011-2012 FFA year and allowed the team to lay the groundwork for the 2012-2013 year.

M.V. Chamber Holds Primary Election Candidates Night

The community had the opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the 2012 Primary election candidates on Wednesday evening, May 16. The Chamber of Commerce sponsored the evening, inviting the candidates to gather in the Old Overton Gym. The Chamber sent out an invitation to each candidate in the state and county primaries to come to the event. Eight candidates showed up that night.

Correction

A recent Progress article covering the Eric Lee Memorial 5K Run (Family And Friends Run In Honor Of Eric Lee: Progress, May 2, 2012) contained an editing error. A quote in the article which stated: “Out of all the things to commemorate Eric, we do a run; although, if Eric were here he would have just sat and watched everyone else run.” was mis-attributed to Eric’s mom, Linda Lee. This was incorrect. The statement was actually made by Kim Lee, Eric’s father.

Downtown Overton Store Brings Travelling Gun Show

Overton Ace Hardware had a busy parking lot on Friday, May 18. The store had invited the Elite Sports Express truck to come set up shop for the day.

MVHS Student Wins M.V. Chamber Logo Contest

The Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce is revamping its look with a new website design and a new logo. In developing the new logo, the Chamber Board decided to bring in local talent.

MVWD Board Hears Report On Water Resources

The Moapa Valley community has enough water resources on tap right now to supply as much as 7700 meters, or a population of as many as 23,000 people, according to a report given to the Moapa Valley Water District (MVWD) Board of Directors at a meeting held Thursday, May 17.

Zephyr Ensembles Provide An Evening Of Sacred Music

The Zephyr Singers, Consort, and Strings presented an Evening of Sacred Music on Sunday, May 20. Zephyr director, Gaye Nelson said that, in planning the program, she wanted to offer a moment of reverence and joy for the members of the community.

Neighbors Gather To Remember Friend

A memorial soccer game was held on Saturday evening in memory of Roger Marquez. Marquez was killed in a motorcycle accident on May 12 in Overton. In his honor, his close friends organized a soccer game and BBQ event.

Justice Court Report (May 23, 2012)

Criminal court was held on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 with Judge Lanny Waite presiding. Defendant: Stacey Stevens- Charges: Maintain place to sell controlled substance, Allow child to be present when Uniform Controlled Substance Act (UCSA) violated. Defendant’s counsel requested a continuance for the case. Set continuance for 6/13/12.

Perkins Holds Spring Dance Festival

The Perkins Elementary School playground in Moapa was crowded with parents and children on Friday night for the school’s annual Spring Dance Festival. Kids were running around excitedly advertising the school’s bake sale and selling water before the Festival began.

Candidate Seeks To Restore ‘Constituent Connection’ To District B

Over the past year, the political redistricting process in Nevada has brought a slight shift to Clark County Commission District B. While the district is still a majority Democratic district, the inclusion of all of the rural northeast in the district has narrowed that political gap

Local Talent Showcased In Variety Show

The Moapa Valley Performing Arts Council (MVPAC) Talent Showcase only scratched the surface of talent here in Moapa Valley. MVPAC Board member Vicki Willard pulled together some inspiring and entertaining acts for the community on Monday night, May 7 in the Ron Dalley Theatre at Moapa Valley High School.

Perkins Students Explore Nature At M.V. Wildlife Refuge

Cameras were clicking fast and furious as Valeri Morgan’s fifth grade class from the Ute V. Perkins Elementary School met wildlife up close and personal during a field trip to the Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

Construction Begins On M.V. Trails Phase I

Construction on the Moapa Valley Trail Phase 1 project began on Monday along Whipple Ave. in Logandale. The project is meant to create a trails network which connects Grant Bowler Elementary School and the adjacent fairgrounds complex to the Moapa Valley High School via a system of trails.

Learning How The Puebloans Survived

Most people wouldn’t know how to survive in a climate such as the Mojave Desert. But the Pueblo Indians were successful in surviving here. Experts at the Lost City Museum brought long lost practices into focus on Saturday at a special Native Plant Day event.

Novice Lyon Debaters Excel In Regional Tournament

What happens when a novice duo joins a forensics team that didn’t even take the forensics class offered at Mack Lyon Middle School? What happens when that duo of local kids, Stetson Rowley and Drake Waite, only get limited after-school time to rehearse their humorous interpretation piece? Surprisingly, the answer is, they take FIRST place in the event!

Overton Medical Center To Add Physician, Change Ownership

Overton Medical Center will be welcoming a new doctor to their team this May. Dr. Bernard Addo-Quaye will be joining Dr. Kodjoe in practicing medicine here in Overton.

Sports and Recreation

Pirates Fall Short In First State Tourney Since ‘01

The Moapa Valley High School baseball team, the only true Nevada 3A team in the state baseball tournament last week, played like champions but fell short; coming home without a state championship.

MVHS Athletes Compete At State Track

The Moapa Valley High School Track teams travelled to Damonte Ranch in Reno last weekend and competed in the state championship track and field meet. The Boys finished in 4th place while the girls came in 3rd.

Athletes Compete For First Mr. Moapa Valley Title

The Moapa Valley High School athletics program held its first Mr. Moapa Body Building Competition last week. On Wednesday, May 16, MVHS student athletes got all oiled up to pose in the Ronald A. Dalley Theatre in front of an audience overwhelmingly weighted toward the female segment of the school’s student body.

Pirates Beat Eagles, Advance To State

The Moapa Pirate Baseball season started out with a lot of excitement and enthusiasm. Head Coach Justin William was convinced at the beginning that this was the year of the Pirates; that they had a shot at representing the south in the State Championship.

3A Spring Sports Roundup

This weekend will be the time to crown the state champions as all four region champions will converge upon Damonte Ranch and UNR to play the state tournament for Baseball and Softball as well as Track and Field.

MVHS Hosts Regional Finals Track Meet

Last week Moapa Valley hosted the 1A, 2A and 3A regional track and field meets. Moapa Valley’s boys and girls team each finished in second place and will be traveling to Reno tomorrow for the state track and field meet which will conclude on Saturday by crowning the state champions.

Exhausted Lady Pirates End Season

The Moapa Valley High School softball team ended its season on Friday, a day shorter than what they expected, as they beat Virgin Valley in the first game but were beaten by Boulder City 10-0 in the second game.

MVHS Golfers Compete At Regionals

The Boys Golf team travelled to Falcon Ridge Golf Course in Mesquite last week for a Regional tournament. Moapa Valley High School golfer, Marcus Delgadillo took a second place finish and will be the lone representative from Moapa Valley in this week’s State tournament.

Brothers Recognized for Athletic And Academic Achievements At College

A brother duo from the Moapa Valley made history earlier this month at Cerro Coso Community College in Ridgecrest, California. In a ceremony held on campus May 3, MVHS 2010 graduate Matt Vallet received the Cerro Coso Community College Scholar Athlete of the Year for 2011-12.

Valley Life

HEALTHLINE: Spring Cleaning For Health

Generally when we hear about doing a cleanse, the first thing that comes to mindis weight loss. However, cleansing our bodies has more benefits than just weight loss. Cleansing can help us to detoxify our bodies and minds, feel better, live healthier, and boost our mood and outlook on life in general. Often times, weight loss is merely a side effect of doing a cleanse.

A Story Worth Telling

December 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor had been bombed and the United States was dragged into WWII. Logandale veteran, Gene Curtis remembers a tremendous feeling of patriotism at that time. His uncle fought at Normandy and his dad had been in World War I.

Irma And I

I suppose it’s possible that someone reading this has never heard of Erma Bombeck. Maybe they immigrated recently or they were just born yesterday. But I don’t think I have many recent immigrants among my readers. Probably not many who were just born yesterday either.

GARDEN SPOT: Sago Palms Are Not Palms!

Many desert landscapes contain a tropical plant, the cycad, but you have probably heard it called “sago palm”. Only the king cycad and the dioon are usually found.

Local Museum Curator Writes Book On Nevada’s Lost City

Over the past few months local residents have focused on the history St. Thomas, with the recent St. Thomas Alive event and the 100th anniversary celebration of the LDS Logandale Stake. But the people of St. Thomas were not the first inhabitants in this valley nor the only ones who abandoned their homes.

NorthStar Students Offer A Magical Evening

The NorthStar Commonwealth home school group presented William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” on Thursday night, May 10 at the Old Logandale School. Friends and family of the students gathered together to watch the production.

Opinion

EDITORIAL: Not Just Extravagant Frills

No one remembers exactly what year it was, but somewhere around 70 years ago the old Moapa Valley school held its first May Day dance festival. Legendary school principal Grant M. Bowler is said to have introduced this local springtime observance into the school. Since that time, many generations of Moapa Valley children have followed the simple tradition of preparing and rehearsing familiar dances and performing them for the community’s enjoyment at the early May festival.

No One Asked Me But... (May 23, 2012)

No one asked me but… This column is not a rehash of the quest for a new Physical Education Complex at Moapa Valley High School. We have done that to the point of tediousness. But I would like to spend the next few paragraphs discussing the political process I observed in my two visits to the Bond Oversight Committee.

LETTER: A Special Thank You!

I want to take the opportunity to thank the hundreds of people in the community that opened their hearts, and their checkbooks, for the Roger Marquez carwash events and Soccer/BBQ benefit held on Saturday evening.

No One Asked Me But... (May 16, 2012)

No one asked me but…It is time to award another Gold Star. A couple of months ago I was sitting in my office, which is what I call the third bedroom of our home, when I received a call from the patriarch of our community, Glen Hardy. While Glen deserves a Gold Star in his own right, this one is not for him.

OPEN FORUM: When Do Anti-Cyber-Bullying Measures Violate Free Speech

I love that classic scene in the Movie “A Christmas Story” where Ralphie, fed up with his bad day, unleashes his fury on the neighborhood bully and teaches him once and for all to leave him (and every other kid for that matter) alone. Having bullied myself as a child, I can easily relate to Ralphie’s frustration, fear and shame

LETTER: An Alternative Avenue Of Empowerment

As Chairman of NorthStar Commonwealth, A Liber Education Association, and at the conclusion of this school year, I celebrate the phenomenal leadership which the students and their parents experienced and exhibited!

Announcements

New Arrival (May 23, 2012)

Caden and Mason Rawson are pleased to announce the arrival of their new baby brother, Tyson Glen Rawson.

MISSIONARIES (May 16, 2012)

Elder J. Tyler Askeroth has received and accepted a call to the Australia Perth Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and will enter the Mission Training Center on May 23, 2012. Shaun Hilton has returned from serving in the Charleston West Virginia Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

NEW ARRIVAL (May 16, 2012)

Jason Lindsey and Nadene Mackert would like to announce the birth of their son Jaxton Prows Lindsey.

WEDDING (May 16, 2012)

Joseph and Aileena Perez are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Ariel Kaye to Randy Cooley Booth, son of Kelly and Mary Ann Booth. They will be married in the Las Vegas Temple on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Obituaries

OBITUARY: Sophie Littledike Byers

Sophie Jane Hesselgesser Littledike Byers died May 20, 2012 in St. George, Utah. She was born November 6, 1921 in Crookston, Cherry County, Nebraska to Harry Edward Hesselgesser and Mary Frances Lord.

OBITUARY: Louise Behling

Louise Behling, age 90, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. She was born January 4, 1922 in Price, Utah to Harold Keith and Dora Armelia Birch Temple.

OBITUARY: Margo Lambson

Margo Bushman Lambson, age 57, died April 2nd, 2012 in a fire at her home in Aztec, New Mexico. Margo was born August 21st, 1954, in Farmington, New Mexico to Preston Junior and Emogene Foutz Bushman, the third of their seven children.

OBITUARY: Roger Marquez

Jose Rogelio “Roger” Marquez, 23, died May 12, 2012, in Overton, Nevada. He was born July 22, 1988 to Jose Marquez and Maria Soccorro Alvarado in Odessa, Texas.

Upcoming Events

Lost City Museum Kids' Archaeology Day 2012

The Lost City Museum will host a free Kids Archaeology Day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 19. Budding archeologists are invited to learn the process of archaeology by participating in a mock excavation and learning to analyze the artifacts they find.

Zephyr Ensembles To Perform Evening Of Sacred Music

The Zephyr performance groups from Moapa Valley will present a free “Evening of Sacred Music” on Sunday May 20 at 7:00 p.m. The Zephyr groups include a chamber choir, a recorder consort, and a string ensemble. The groups will perform alone as well as in various combinations in this non-denominational program to be held at the L.D.S. Chapel at Hinckley Ave and the Moapa Valley Boulevard in Logandale.

Firearms Expo Event To Be Held In Downtown Overton

Ace Hardware in downtown Overton will be hosting a one-time Outdoor Firearms Expo on Friday, May 18. The expo will feature the Elite Sports Express, a rolling showroom consisting of a truck and trailer full of guns, ammo and equipment from all the top manufacturers on display.

Primary Candidates Forum To Be Held

The Moapa Valley Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Candidates Forum tonight, May 16 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Old Overton Gym. The Chamber has invited candidates of the upcoming primary election to attend the events. The primary election in Nevada will be held on Tuesday, June 12. Early voting in the Primary will begin on May 26.


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