Chester is a mastiff mix puppy who is 6 months old. He has been at the shelter for two months. He is the only dog in the shelter right now who is quiet even when all the other dogs are barking. He just sits silently at the door waiting for his walk. Chester loves other […]
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By Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post “I have a confession to make,” Bill Thomas announced several months ago at a conference on aging in Oregon. “I am an old man.” “No, you’re not!” an audience member called out. It was meant, no doubt, as a compliment: Despite his gray-streaked beard and crow’s feet, the 56-year-old geriatrician-***-thespian […]
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By George Johnson, New York Times Epidemiologists have long been puzzled by a strange pattern in their data: People living at higher altitudes appear less likely to get lung cancer. Associations like these can be notoriously misleading. Slice and dice the profusion of data, and there is no end to the coincidences that can arise. […]
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By Jon Marcus, Boston Globe ALBUQUERQUE — If there’s a place that symbolizes pre-interstate America, it’s Route 66, built to connect Chicago with Los Angeles, which John Steinbeck dubbed “the mother road.” From Depression-era migrants to returning GIs to family vacationers, motorists on Route 66 rolled past Vegas-style neon hovering over low-rise diners, motor courts, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Marjorie Johnson Springmeyer, pioneer, activist, environmentalist and vocal advocate for justice, died Jan. 28, 2016. She was 93. Mrs. Springmeyer had been ill for a number of years. She was born July 23, 1922, in Gardnerville. Her mother, Stella Van Dyke, moved to the Carson Valley from Ohio to teach at Douglas […]
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The second annual Carson City International Film Weekend featuring award-winning international and independently made films is Feb. 18-20. All events are free. The Carson Community Center will host international films each evening, and Western Nevada College will show 10 independent films in the afternoons, Thursday-Saturday. International films include “Cherry Blossoms” on Feb. 18, followed by “Children of […]
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Longtime Lake Tahoe resident Malcolm Pribyl died Jan. 19, 2016. He was 69. Pribyl graduated from Tracy High School and UC Davis. After serving in the military he move to South Lake Tahoe. During his years in Tahoe he worked as a casino employee, an executive with the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, and as an independent […]
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Amateur dancers have five weeks to prepare for the annal Dancing with the Tahoe Stars fundraiser for Tahoe Arts Project. Much like the TV show, the locals are paired with professionals. The event is March 5 at 6:30pm at MontBleu in Stateline. The dancers are: Physician Kelly Shanahan and Rainer Herm — disco. CrossFit trainer […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau A World War II memorial would never have made the list of places Jan Potter wanted to see while visiting India. It probably wouldn’t have even made the list of things she knew existed in India. But it does, and when she visited it in the small northeastern village, she was surprisingly […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times Lower back pain is an almost universal if unwelcome experience. About 80 percent of those of us in the Western world can expect to suffer from disruptive lower back pain at some point in our lives. But if we begin and stick with the right type of exercise program, […]
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