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The runners were lined up at the starting line. But it wasn’t the participants themselves that all eyes were on. It was their feet that

were the center of focus. On Saturday, Feb. 15, the

Moapa Valley 4-H held its first Crazy Sock Run at Grant M. Bowler Elementary.

Registration for the event be-gan as more than 30 participants

4-H hosts Crazy Sock Run

By NICK YAMASHITA

Moapa Valley Progress

NICK YAMASHITA/ Moapa Valley Progress

The first annual 4-H Crazy Sock Run gets off to a brisk start on Saturday morning with more than 30 participants in brightly colored footwear.

hopped out of their vehicles and started stretching and warming up. The socks were brightly col-ored and ranged from unicorns to hearts to Bowsers and more.

“This is so cool!” 4-H Coordi-nator Dianna Walker said.

The race started at approxi-mately 9:30 a.m. with about 30 participants. The kids were quick to shoot out of the blocks when the 5K race started.

See Sock Run on page A6

Valentine’s Day in Mesquite was all about heart: Heart Health, that is.

On Friday, Feb. 14, the City of Mesquite Athletics and Leisure Department and the Mesa View Regional Hospital hosted the 16th annual free “Heart Walk” event. Registration began at 8:30 a.m. at the Mesquite Rec Center East Gym.

The 5K walk began at 9 a.m. with a route leading west towards Grapevine then to Mesquite Blvd leading to the Mesa View Region-al Hospital for the finish line.

A few refreshment stations with water, oranges, chocolate kisses and medical personnel were stationed along the way and at the finish line. The Silver Rid-er bus provided free rides back to the Rec Center for participants.

“Heart disease kills the most people second only to cancer,”

Mesquite turns out to walk for heart healthBy AMY DAVIS


AMY DAVIS Moapa Valley ProgressPeople of all ability levels showed up Friday morning to walk for a healthier cause. The route took partic-ipants on a 5K walk from the Mesquite Rec Center to Mesa View Regional Hospital. Here they are heading west on Mesquite Blvd.See Heart Walk on page A7

Mesquite mayor Al Litman proudly professed that he is in “a Mesquite state of mind” during his annual State of the City ad-dress given on Wednesday, Feb. 12 before a large crowd at the Mesquite Chamber of Commerce luncheon held at the Casablanca Resort.

In addition to a large attendance from the Chamber of Commerce membership, there was also a ver-itable whos who of city staffers and city council members.

Many elected officials or their representatives from throughout the region were also in atten-dance. These included State Sen-ator Joe Hardy, Henderson may-or Debra March, North Las Vegas mayor John Lee, staffers repre-senting members of the Nevada federal congressional delegation and a representative for County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpat-rick.

In his address, Litman ex-plained that one of his favorite songs was “New York State of Mind” by Billy Joel. The lyrics of the song reminded him of his own life living in many different cities across the country and ending up choosing to live in Mesquite for the past 15 years.

“Let me quote just a part of it,” Litman said. “‘I’ve seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and limousines, been high up in the Rockies under the evergreens, and I don’t want to waste more time.’”

“And here’s where I will alter the words a bit,” Litman added. “I’m in a Mesquite state of mind.”

Litman admitted being realisti-cally bullish about the prospects of the City going forward. “Like anywhere, (Mesquite) is not per-fect; but, in my opinion, it is very close,” he said. “Of course, we must strive to make it better. But we also must be realistic. We are still small in size and young in years.”

Litman emphasized that the key to the City’s success is care-ful planning. “In the past, we have shyed away from long-range strategic planning,” Litman said. “I believe that we are changing those old ways and are finally looking towards the future long term.”

Litman said that economic development is one of the most important areas of focus for that planning. One of the challenges in bringing more industry and jobs to Mesquite is the need for a well-prepared workforce in the region, he said.

Litman cited that Mesquite, like the rest of the region, enjoys a very low unemployment rate

Mayor in a ‘Mesquite state

of mind’

Mesqutie Mayor Al Litman stands before a large audience on Wednesday to give the annual State of the City address.

By VERNON ROBISON


See State of the City on page A7

The Senior Center celebrated Valentine’s Day with a dinner and dance on Friday, Feb. 14. The Center was decorated with lovely table floral arrangements donated by The Front Porch in Overton. Swirling high overhead were fes-tive balloons donated by Joanne Watson.

Observance of Valentines Day has been popular since Pope Ge-lasius honored St. Valentine of Rome in AD496. The giving of cards, flowers and gifts was be-gun in the UK and is still popu-lar. In Norfolk, ‘Jack’ Valentine knocks on rear doors of houses and leaves sweets and presents for the children. Here in the Unit-ed States we enjoy getting togeth-er over dinner and a bit of dancing to celebrate this age-old holiday.

At the Overton Sr. Center, Chef Raegan Whited, with help from Sierra Kimbrough, served a mar-

Overton Senior Center celebrates Valentines DayBy CATHERINE ELLERTON


CATHERINE ELLERTON/ Moapa Valley Progress

Valentine’s Day celebrants and the Moapa Valley Kountry Kickers join together in friendship and love at the Overton Senior Center Valen-tine’s Day celebration.

velous meal of steak and shrimp. Helping to serve this meal were MVHS Honor Society members

Autumn Robertson and Brylee Watkins.

Enjoying this evening of friendship and entertainment were Debra Dean and Rod Lewis of Overton who have been mar-ried for 18 years.

Also in attendance were Do-reen and Pete Divita of Logandale who have been married one year.

Long time married couple (54 years) Jim and Carolyn Young from Soda Springs, Idaho have been snowbirds for about 15 years to Moapa Valley and were among the celebrants. Carolyn is a member of the Kountry Kickers who entertained that evening with songs of the ‘season’ and who en-couraged audience members to join in.

There were prize drawings for items donated by Anna Perkins,

See Seniors on page A3

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A group of local leaders are working to restore a new empha-sis on agriculture in northeastern Clark County communities. They have formed what they hope will be a new resource center for the local farming, ranching, land-scaping and conservation indus-tries in the Virgin and Moapa Val-ley communities. Next week the group will be seeking community input at a public meeting to be held Wednesday, Feb. 26 at the Mesquite CSN office beginning at 6 pm.

The Mesquite Agriculture In-novation Center (MAGIC) will focus on developing and imple-menting innovative new products and equipment and increasing ef-ficiency and productivity in local ag operations.

“Today’s farmers and ranchers are going high tech in an effort to grow more sustainable and carbon capture crops and devel-op more resilient livestock,” ex-plained Jim Wilson, one of the board members for MAGIC. “In order to bring local accessibility to worldwide cutting-edge in-novation, MAGIC will focus on providing every possible support to local Ag producers and stu-dents.”

The idea for the organization began with a conversation be-tween Wilson and Virgin Valley High School principal Riley Frei. Frei confided in Wilson that he would like to see the school’s Ag program returned to its former glory of past generations.

“We talked about how every student at the high school was re-quired to be in FFA at one point in the past,” Wilson said. “Now there is less than 10 percent of the school in that program. We felt like it would be great to bring back an industry that got these towns started originally.”

The two men extended this conversation to a number of Vir-gin Valley agricultural producers to get input about it. “We talked to many of our heritage families about this,” he said. “They ex-pressed strong interest in being a

part of it and in returning an ag-ricultural perspective to our local economy.”

The MAGIC organization has a broad range of goals.

It would focus on providing educational opportunities in var-ious Ag topics and pursuits by working with local schools, FFA, Little Sprouts programs, 4-H clubs, Cooperative Extension, College of Southern Nevada and other groups to support their edu-cational missions.

MAGIC would also seek to be a central resource for area farm-ers, ranchers, landscapers and conservationists in both Virgin and Moapa Valleys. This would include identifying areas of need for agricultural operations, form-ing plans for new products and markets, reviewing previously successful crops and assessing them for potential returns, iden-tifying drought resistant crops, establishing a regular Farmers Market in the area and seeking federal, state, and local grant opportunities for innovative Ag projects in the area.

With these goals in mind, Wil-son went right to work to obtain a 501(c)3 non-profit status for the new MAGIC, Inc. organization. A board of directors was established to govern the efforts of the new initiative.

In addition, administrators for Mesquite Opportunities Regional Fund (MORF), a more seasoned and long-standing non-profit or-ganization, also agreed to act as the fiscal umbrella for MAGIC during its early formative period.

With all of this groundwork complete, now it is time to share it with the general public, Wil-son said. Hence the meeting this week.

“We want people to get a little bit of the vision,” he said. “We’d like to get support and interest from people in both valleys.”

The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 6 pm, at the Mesquite CSN office at 150 N Yucca St. For additional informa-tion contact MAGIC board chair-man Riley Frei at Virgin Valley High School at (702)346-2780 or [email protected]

New organization seeks to return focus on local Ag

By VERNON ROBISON


The Southern Nevada Sympho-ny Orchestra (SNSO) is treating its audience to a night at the opera during its upcoming concert. The Mesquite-based ensemble led by Bunkerville resident Selmer Spitzer will be joining up with the Southern Utah University (SUU) Choir program in a major perfor-mance on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 8:30 pm in the Casablanca Resort Showroom in Mesquite.

The main event of this con-cert will be an appearance of the SUU choir which is 65 members strong. The choir and orchestra will be joining together to per-form works of the beloved Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi.

Spitzer explained that this col-laboration between groups was begun with a conversation he had with SUU music professor and

director of choirs Dr. Krystal Mc-Coy.

“I went and met with Dr. Mc-Coy and suggested that I had been wanting to do something with a choir for some time,” Spitzer

SNSO to team up with So. Utah University Choir in concert

Selmer Spitzer will be conducting the Southern Nevada Symphony Orchestra in a collaborative concert with the Southern Utah University Choir on Saturday night, Feb. 22

said. “They were very eager to come down and perform with us. So we were glad about that.”

The group will perform excerpts of Verdi’s opera Nabucco including the orchestra-only Overture and, with the chorus, Sperate o figli.

In addition the choir and orches-tra will perform the “Triumphal March”

from Verdi’s great opera Aida and the famous “Anvil Chorus” from the opera Il Trovatore, also by Verdi.

A number of purely orchestral works will be featuring on Satur-

day night as well. Chief among these will be a medley of tunes from the hit musical Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd We-ber. The orchestra will also per-form a Concerto Grosso by Anto-nio Vivaldi and the Grand March from the opera Tannhauser by Richard Wagner.

“This should be a great con-cert,” Spitzer said. “It is very

different than our usual style of music. We hope that community members will come out and enjoy the local orchestra and this great choir.”

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A handful of local residents gathered last week at the Old Logandale School to receive training on participation in the Nevada State Democratic Caucus to be held on Saturday, Feb. 22. The training, which spanned two evenings last week, was provided by the Mesquite-2-Moapa (M2M) Democrat organization.

On Wednesday night a class was given to instruct precinct captains and other interested community members in lead-ing the upcoming caucus. Then on Thursday night, about a half dozen people gathered to walk through a mock caucus, a practice run for the event.

The purpose of the caucus will be for each voting precinct throughout the state to assign del-egates to support their candidates of choice in the upcoming Presi-

dential race. These delegates will be appointed to attend the county, state and possibly even the na-tional Democratic conventions to participate in the selection of the party’s final presidential can-didate.

The candidate who receives the most delegates next week will be viewed as the winner of the Ne-vada caucus, which is the first one held in the western U.S. this year.

M2M President Elaine Hurd of Mesquite admitted that there was still some uncertainty about a few of the elements of the caucus. But she was optimistic that they would be ironed out in time for Saturday.

The state party leadership had originally planned to use a mobile app to count caucus votes. But in the wake of the recent debacle in-volving a similar app at the Iowa caucus, the party has pulled away from dependence upon the app. Instead they have opted for pa-per-based ballots on caucus day.

Still, an online tool, employing special issue I-pad tablet devices, will be used by precinct captains to factor in the early voting.

“The trouble is that we still ha-ven’t even seen the app or how it works yet,” Hurd said on Thurs-day night. “They took back all of the I-pads and are updating the whole system. So we are still not entirely sure how it will all work yet.”

Local practice run for the Democratic caucus, early vote begins

By VERNON ROBISON


VERNON ROBISON / Moapa Valley ProgressA group of local Democrats gather for a photo after a mock caucus on Thursday night to practice for the main event which will take place on Saturday this week.

But even the final app will have a contingency plan. An ‘on paper’ mathematical calculation of early voting will be provided to all precinct captains. Captains are instructed only to use the pa-per calculation in the worst case scenario that the app is not func-tioning properly.

On Thursday, the scant gather-ing ran through a practice run of a precinct meeting at the caucus. Using mock candidates which that night included Snow White and each of the seven dwarves, the attendees divided up into “preference groups” moving to different corners of the room ac-

cording to which candidate they were supporting. Then they each wrote their selection of candidate on a paper ballot and handed it to the precinct captain.

The ballots were counted and factored in with early vote results

Inside Scoop, Dalley’s Barber Shop, Sage Health and the Sr. Center. These drawings brought applause and laughter from all who gathered together.

Line Dancer leader Emma Lu Lewis sent an invitation to others to join their group. They practice twice a week, Tuesday and Thurs-day, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Sr. Center. Beginners start the prac-tice at 9 a.m. Any age can join and have some fun, some good exercise and spend time with friends old and new.

As the event came to a close ,participants were to keep in mind the wish of Crystal Norris of Lo-gandale. When asked what her Valentine’s wish to others would be she responded, “Hold tight to your sweetheart.”

The next event at the Sr. Cen-ter will be Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. Elvis will be in town!

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

No one asked me but… The wheels are falling off Clark County School District (CCSD) Superintendent Dr. Jesus Jara’s bandwagon. Arriving in Southern Nevada with a great deal of prom-ise, his administration has failed in the most basic facets of any or-ganization.

Not only has he failed to com-ply with the re-organization re-quirements of the Nevada Re-vised Statues, he has done so while the CCSD continues its descent to the bottom of national educational standings. The edu-cational failures of the CCSD has turned the State of Nevada into the new Mississippi of education-al ineptitude.

One of the best examples of Dr. Jara’s lack of administrative skills was his failure to support a highly respected high school principal. When the principal was appointed to Clark High School, he quickly recognized the inequi-ty of allotting special educational benefits to a hand-picked group of “elite” students, all to the de-terment of the vast majority of the students in his school. The 800 “elite” student’s graduation rate was of over 90 percent. The less “elite,” without the resources of these “elite” students, had a grad-uation rate of 20 percent.

The elite students were in class-es much smaller than those of the other students of the school. The elite students were allowed the run of the school. The new prin-cipal did not feel this was right and offered programs, to the de-terment of the “elite,” to help the other 2,000 students. When the principal attempted to institute some discipline at the school, such as requiring students to ar-rive at class on time, the “elite” students and their parents de-manded his removal.

Dr. Jara folded like a cheap suit as he removed a tried and true principal, who was so success-ful at an inner city school he was appointed to the position of Area Superintendent. When Dr. Jara, in violation of the Nevada Revised Statues eliminated the Area Su-perintendent position, he demot-ed the Area Superintendent to the principalship in question. I must admit that Dr. Jara was successful in getting the law changed after

he violated it.One of the great expectations in

the hiring of Dr. Jara was that he would get the budget issues under control. However, Dr. Jara appar-ently cannot solve the budgetary problems of CCSD.

Over the years CCSD has con-tinually over-budgeted. Then when the State Legislature did not meet the demands of the over-budgeting; the principals were force to cut their budgets to the detriment of the student programs. One must remember these local budget cuts came even though the State Legislature con-tinually increased the funding al-lotted to the school district.

The budget problem is not one of underfunding, it is one of over-budgeting. The actual per pupil funding for CCSD is close to $16,000. This is a higher per-pupil funding than is enjoyed by any charter school in the Dis-trict and more than some of the local private schools. I find it in-teresting that the District is going to require budget cuts to the tune of another $10 million. Apparent-ly once again, much of this money will come out of school budgets. This could result in staffing cuts, the loss of programs, and a rise in class sizes in our local schools.

Apparently the CCSD financial department cannot even handle a task as simple as the payroll. As any good administrator will tell you, the most important part of their job is to function in a man-ner conducive to the mission and goals of those employees on the front lines. A teacher who is treat-ed with dignity and worth does not begrudge the extra hours they spend “off-the-clock”, but when they don’t at least receive the compensation they are contract-ed for, one cannot expect that the teacher will go above and beyond their minimum effort. As every good educator knows, the “extra” time donated by teachers is often the most important.

While the Superintendent is blaming a computer glitch, that glitch has now occurred over multiple pay periods. One might think you would be able to get your people paid, and one might think you would do so even if you had to revert back to the old sys-tem.

Interestingly enough, it has been reported that the District

paid $14 million for this new pay-roll program. The annual cost to operate the program is $1.4 mil-lion. Maybe the District can get a refund, return to the old system, and not cut $10 million from next year’s budget.

It is time for the CCSD Board of Trustees to admit that they failed to hire a Superintendent with the ability to run a school district of over 350,000 students, with 42,000 employees and a $5 billion budget. It is time for the state legislature to pass a law breaking up CCSD into smaller more manageable units. And once the law is passed, they might want to enforce it.

To top this off, a group of atheists have attacked the CCSD board for opening their meeting with a prayer. Even the devil is apparently angry with Dr. Jara’s administration. Without discus-sion the Board merely decid-ed to discontinue the practice. Thomas Jefferson and I are both strong supporters of separation of church and state. But at this point, I would suggest Dr. Jara and the CCSD Board of Trustees could use all the help they can get. No matter what their religious affili-ation, this might not be the best time to turn their backs to God.

The sum of this column may sound like the remarks of a re-jected lover, and I will admit I am highly disappointed to see all of the reorganizational efforts, that many of us spent years working on, go by the wayside when Dr. Jara instituted his administration. However, I am more concerned with the District’s continual de-scent into a dark hole of educa-tional failures.

These are the remarks of a person who has, over the years watched what was once consid-ered a light-house of education turn into an educational outhouse. For thirty years CCSD was my livelihood, and it holds a place close to my heart. I do realize that education has moved beyond me and my understanding. However, watching the decline of CCSD is like watching a loved one slowly die of cancer. It may be time to put it out of its misery and start over on a smaller more manage-able scale.

Thought of the week… “Man-agement is doing things right; leadership is doing the right thing.”

--Peter F. Drucker

From our readers....What would John Wayne say?

Will someone please tell me how a draft-dodging,(5 defer-ments for bone spurs), Rus-sia-loving, narcissistic sociopath became the President of the Unit-ed States? If anyone stands up to Trump he starts tweeting like a mean teen on Red Bull. He has no self control.

Respected Fox Newsman Shep-ard Smith left Fox over Trump’s lies and because Fox was repeat-ing the lies.

When Christianity Today pub-lished an editorial calling Trump immoral, Trump called for the ed-itor to resign.

Trump’s relationship with Putin is not right. He does everything in his power to prove Russia inno-

cent, no matter the proof. Ronald Reagan was one of my

favorite Presidents and I’m tell-ing you, he wouldn’t have given Trump the time of day.

Just a reminder: when Obama became President, unemployment was 9.5 and the stock market was just under 8000. Trump got it the unemployment was 4.6 and the stock market was over 18000 and was rolling on with or without him.

What do you think John Wayne would have said about that draft-dodging, Russian-loving or-ange guy we have in office?

David A CookMoapa Valley

I’m seeing that the Culinary Union has come out against Medi-care for All. The Union wants to keep its hard-won medical insur-ance. This definitely sounds rea-sonable, but you don’t have to dig very deep to understand why this is not a great idea.

There are few key reasons. First, what if the Culinary work-ers go on strike or lose their jobs? These workers will lose their in-surance. With MFA they’ll have insurance. Secondly, what about their children once they turn 26? These kids will be hard-pressed to find good, affordable insurance at affordable prices. With MFA, they'd be covered. Thirdly, the Culinary Union seems to have forgotten their millions of broth-er and sister workers who have no insurance or have to pay out-rageous prices to get insurance. With MFA, all workers in the

US WILL be covered. Fourth, I don’t know the particulars of the Union's medical insurance but I’ll bet it doesn’t cover hearing or eye doctor appointments. With MFA, these will be covered. Fi-nally, I’m hearing Unions spend too much time trying to negotiate health care. If we all were cov-ered by MFA, union time would be freed up to be spent negotiat-ing better wages, better working conditions, liveable work sched-ules, and other issues to improve workplace conditions and opera-tions.

I’m not sure why the Culi-nary Union is so dead set against Medicare for All. Most industri-alized countries have this system of healthcare insurance. Isn’t it time the US joined them?

Ann BleyMesquite

Culinary Union wrong about Medicare for all

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The Moapa Town Advisory Board (MTAB) approved a zon-ing request from the developer of a new Terrible Herbst conve-nience store and fuel station pro-posed for the Glendale area. The approval came during a meeting held Tuesday, Feb. 11.

Plans on the project were orig-inally approved by the board back in November, 2018. Since that time, the developer has been working with County staff on the various details needed to get a permit to build on the spot, ex-plained Jenny Knisley, an archi-tect representing the developer at last week’s meeting.

The request before the board was for a waiver of development standards on a requirement for a detached sidewalk along the east side of Lewis Road.

“In the original plans the side-walk was detached, which is the county standard there,” Knisley said.

She explained that the county code requires a five foot land-scaped strip between the curb

of the road and the sidewalk. Additional landscaping is then required on the other side of the sidewalk as well, Knisley said. All of these elements were built into the plans previously ap-proved by the board.

“But then it was determined, as we were applying for our build-ing permits, that Lewis Ranch Road is actually an NDOT right of way and not a county right of way,” Knisley said. “NDOT does NOT want landscape in their right of way. So that puts us here ask-ing respectfully for a wiaver to allow the sidewalk to be attached to that stretch of road.”

Some discussion then ensued on whether this section of Lewis Road is actually NDOT right of way or not. After some back and forth on this subject, Knisley stat-ed that the developer was ready to go either way with it. They just needed clear direction.

“This request is largely a for-mality,” she said.

Board members said that they were also fine with the plans ei-ther way. The board voted unani-mously to approve the request to waive the standard in this case.

MTAB approves request from Terrible Herbst developer

By VERNON ROBISON


The Mesquite City Council gave the go-ahead last week to a proposal to build a 310-unit apartment complex on a 15.4 acre site on W. Pioneer Blvd just west of the Ken Garff Ford dealership in Mesquite.

The developer, Pioneer Part-ners, LLC, made a request at a City Council meeting held Tues-day Feb. 11, for a zone change on the property from General Com-mercial (CR-2) to High Density Multi-Family Residential (MF-

4). This change would pave the way for the development. The council approved the request unanimously.

The project, called The Trails at Mesquite, would have a gated main entrance on Pioneer Blvd. The complex would entail nine 2-story residential buildings. The entire project includes 114 single bedroom units, 180 two bedroom units and 16 three bedroom units. The complex would also have a 5,000 sq ft clubhouse, two swim-ming pools, a good deal of land-

Mesquite City Council approves new apartment complex

By VERNON ROBISON


See City Council on page A6


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A mistake was made in a sto-ry entitled “Police Introduce DREAM To Local Kids” pub-lished in the Progress on Feb. 12, 2020. The problem was in our reporting of the source of fund-ing for the new DREAM pro-gram. Materials for the program were, in fact, funded by the Par-ent Teacher Organization (PTO) of each of the three participating elementary schools: Ute V. Per-kins, J.L. Bowler and Grant M. Bowler. The PTOs received assis-tance through donations from the Friends of Metro Organization and from Dr. Larry Moses of Lo-gandale. We apologize, especially to the PTOs for this error in our reporting.

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The route went from the front parking lot of Grant M. Bowler Elementary, down to Lyman, up to Gubler then east to Heyer and back down Whipple to Lyman again and then back through the parking lot to the starting/finish line.

Alexis Sortomme won first place for the girls with Makaylin Wittig in 2nd.

Toby Wood came in first for the boys. This race had to be de-cided by a photo finish as 2nd place Titus Sortomme was close behind. which had to be decided by a photo finish.

In the teen division Ian Mc-Murray took first and Ethan Wit-tig was 2nd. There were no teen girls who participated.

In the Men’s Category: 1st went to Will Dramsfield and 2nd to Bill Scatterday. The Women’s was dominated by Nancy Holm in 1st and Jenny Wood in 2nd. The Older Age Category was won by Crystal Scatterday with Dianne in 2nd.

A Spirit Award was given to Penny Blair who has just finished Chemotherapy treatments for Lung Cancer.

The last award was for the best socks and it went to Allison Wickersham for her colorful uni-

corn socks. The unicorns even had wings that protruded out.

The winners of each won 4-H hats, 2nd place won little trophies and there was a drawing for oth-er items like Sharpies, Mio Drink Enhancers, candy, sunglasses and more.

Besides being the first Sock Run, this was also the first in a series of races being put on by the new 4-H ‘Going the Distance’ Club.

“This running club will be put-ting focus on getting the kids out and healthy,” said club coordina-tor Trisha Wickersham. “There will be a monthly race which will feature different and fun themes. The only month we are not doing a race will be during April due to the Clark County Fair.”

The next race will be March 21 at 9:30 a.m. The theme will be Funny Farm.

Each race entry fee will be a donation for certain charitable needs. This one required a dona-tion of new socks for the Love at Home Charitable Drive. The March race will require a do-nation of canned goods or other non-perishable food items for the Farm Bureau food drive.

“This is a wonderful club and will feature wonderful races and events to really help out the com-munity and the kids we serve,” Wickersham said

scaped open space and plenty of parking, including garage parking for residents.

The only public comment on

the project came from Mesquite Regional Economic Develop-ment CEO Colton Teerlink who stood in enthusiastic support for the project.

“It is a pleasure to see the proj-ect at this stage,” Teerlink said. “It is an incredible project for Mesquite considering our hous-ing climate and we look forward to Council’s approval of it.”

Council members also ex-pressed support for the project.

“In our recent strategic plan-ning session the first priority was workforce housing that the coun-cil all agree on,” said Councilman George Rapson. “That encom-passed all entry-level housing not just affordable housing which is ostensibly defined as apartments. So this is actually fulfilling what we determined collectively as one of the major needs of the city.”

Councilwoman Annie Black agreed. “It is interesting to see that we’ve all been talking about this sisue for quite some time,” she said. “I just think it is great that the free market has come up with a solution and we didn’t have to solve it.”

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to determine the viable candidates who would receive delegates.

Those who had caucused in support of inviable candidates were then given the opportunity to re-align their votes with an-other candidate. Fifteen minutes were allowed between the first and second votes for discussion among attendees in the realign-ment. Then the final ballots were cast.

Early votes have already been taken. On Saturday morning, 38 Democrat voters gathered at the Overton Community Center to cast early ballots. Mesquite had a turnout of 365 voters out of 3,392 registered Democrats at their ear-

ly voting site. An additional early caucus vote was taken on Tues-day, Feb. 18.

The final Nevada Democratic caucus will take place on Satur-day. Moapa Valley party mem-bers are instructed to gather at the Moapa Valley High School for registration. Mesquite and Bunkerville Democrats will be caucusing at the Virgin Valley High School. Registration at both locations begins at 10 am. The fi-nal deadline for registration is at noon. Those not in line for regis-tration before the noon deadline will not be allowed to participate. All participants will be arranged into their own voter precincts. The caucus will begin immediate-ly after registration is completed.

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The Cinderella Scholarship Program and Pageant had it’s an-nual Moapa Valley preliminary event at Grant Bowler Elementa-ry School on Saturday, Feb.1.

It was a busy afternoon as the pageant kicked off with a total of eight contestants.

With five age group divisions, the pageant includes tots (5-7), miniature misses (8-10), misses (11-13), teens (15-17) and wom-en (18-29).

The contestants started off with a private interview with judges.Next, they stepped on stage for casual and formal wear modeling. Finally they showed off their per-sonality in a talent showcase.

There were some unique talents

among the contestants including public speeches, a science project and a couple of gymnastics and cheerleading routines.

Pageant results were for the overall royalty: Tot, Brylee Wil-lams; Miniature Mmiss, Breeony

State Cinderella contestants namedBy VICTORIA PRAY


The contestants of the Moapa Valley preliminary event for the Cinderella Pageant got together to compete last week at Grant Bowler Elementary School.

Robles; Miss, Jasmine Arel-lano and Teen, McKinley Bled-soe.

Frankie Davis won Miniature Miss talent and Hayley Munns Won Miniature Miss beauty. Sidalee Peter-son won Miss beauty, Steph-anie Arellano

and McKinley Bledsoe also won Cover Girl.

The winners have now qual-ified for Nevada State finals in June and have the opportunity to compete for the overall titles there.


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at around 3.5 percent currently. Thus there are not many people looking for work in the city, he said.

“That is a good thing,” Litman said. “However, not when an em-ployer is needing to hire.”

A major obstacle to developing a workforce in the city has been the lack of affordable housing, Litman said. “Raising the min-imum wage is not the answer to this problem,” Litman said. “Encouraging and enabling the building of a variety of afford-able housing types that serve the changing needs of residents across a lifetime should be a pri-ority of the city.”

Litman said that the city had been working with various part-ners and entities in providing more of this type of entry-lev-el housing. This includes a new 100 unit apartment complex now under construction across from Maverik, a proposed 310 unit apartment complex that just received zoning approval for a parcel on Pioneer Blvd, and a project, still in the works, with Mesquite Gaming looking to add 600 units of affordable housing in the city.

Despite the challenges, Litman did list a number of economic development successes over the past year. These included ex-pansion of the Deep Roots and Mesquite Gaming expanding and remodeling its Virgin River Re-sort property with 10,000 sq ft of new gaming space. Litman also talked about the Eureka Commu-nity Initiative which invests in

educational/vocational programs for school kids in the community including “Mesquite Reads”, The Little Sprouts gardening program for elementary school kids, and a special sponsorship of the VVHS Culinary program.

Litman said that the city has made important strides in infra-structure development. He said that the City’s roads, streets and signage is “some of the best I have seen anywhere.” Though he admitted that ongoing efforts to improve them would continue.

He pointed out that water and power utility services were pro-vided by independent quasi-gov-ernment entities outside of the immediate purview of the city. But the city is in communication with both entities to discuss de-velopments that would improve those services, Litman said.

Last year, natural gas service was first connected into Mes-quite, and additional construction is coming to more broadly con-nect areas of the city to this ser-vice, Litman said. “Bringing nat-ural gas to our fast-growing city marks a new era of growth and economic opportunity for us,” he added.

Litman reported that the state of emergency response orga-nizations was good in the city. Mesquite Fire Dept. responded to 3,168 calls for service in 2019 which averages 90 calls per day, Litman reported.

“I am very proud of our police and fire departments,” Litman said. “Their job is to keep us safe and they do it daily.”

Litman concluded by returning to a central question, “So, what is the current state of the City?

Everyone is likely to have a little different opinion.”

But the mayor cautioned against having an over-negative mindset. He encouraged resi-dents to be constructive and work toward positive solutions. “We must get away from the mentality of should have, would have, could

have,” Litman said. “These are self-defeating and negative. If we are to be effective, we must iden-tify, measure and celebrate our short-term successes to sustain suport for our long-term commu-nity and economic development.”

Litman emphasized again that he was in a “Mesquite state of

mind,” with a very positive out-look for the City.

“I feel secure with our city,” he said. “We have strong bones, we are young and growing. Our res-idents are giving and caring. We are healthy but always looking to improve our well-being as all of us should.”

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said Nick Montoya, Director of Athletics and Leisure Services. “We are looking at 500 plus par-ticipants, the largest yet to partic-ipate. We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day.”

Montoya thanked Rob Fuller and Doris Baeza from Mesa View for being so great to work with.

“They were happy and cheerful and added to the success of our event,” he said.

Mesquite local Curt Nienhuis participated for the first time this year.

“It was such a nice beautiful day for a walk,” he said.

Fellow participant Cheri Harri-et agreed.

“This really was a good time with great people,” she said. “We really enjoyed the walk. It was just the perfect mileage.”

Even Captain America joined in on the fun. TC Morgan, a stand-up comedian who just moved to Mesquite, dressed in full Captain America gear to delight and in-spire the crowd of walkers.

“I am just so happy to be here and to be a part of this event,”

Morgan said.Several middle school students

left campus to enjoy the morning walk.

“This is way better than being in class,” said Kenneth Rich-mond, a student of Charles A. Hughes Middles School.

Student Council Advisor Jaime Worthen joined the students.

“This was good; totally worth it,” Worthen said. “The Heart Walk was a fun opportunity for students and teachers from Hughes Middle School to partic-ipate in a community event.”

Montoya expressed apprecia-tion for volunteers and sponsors.

“Everyone’s support and ef-forts were truly amazing,” he said. “We appreciate all the sup-port from the community and from the local businesses.”

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Section B • Page 1 Wednesday, February 19, 2020 Moapa Valley PROGRESS

The Moapa Valley High School Flag Football team won both of its games last week, and with that came the regional championship. This is a feat has never been ac-complished in the seven years of the program’s history.

“I knew we had something spe-cial this year,” said MVHS head coach Dave Belcher. “But the goal has been the state champion-ship and all things that we accom-plish during our run this year is secondary to that goal.”

The Pirates started the week on Tuesday, Feb. 11, with a game at Chaparral. It was a high stakes game to keep the Pirates in the top seed of the league. The Pi-rates beat the Chaparral Cowboys 19-6.

The Pirates scored their first touchdown in the first quarter when Hannah Watson scored from a yard away ending a Pirate drive deep in Cowboys territory.

Chaparral responded with a 19-


JASON ANDRUS Moapa Valley Progress

Pirates stand alone at top of Division

Pirate quarterback Madi Fairchild led her team to two victories last week, this one against Western in a home game Thursday.

Four Moapa Valley High School wrestlers travelled to the Nevada State Championship tour-nament in Mesquite last weekend. All four wrestled hard and put in a huge effort. But none made it to the final championship round, and only one came away with a medal.

That one was senior Russell Bodily who entered the tourna-ment as top seed in the south. He had an undefeated 8-0 season league record and was a stand-out Pirate hopeful to take the state championship in his 160 lb. weight class.

But Bodily ran into trouble in

the semi-final round on Friday against an old rival opponent from the north. Bodily had gone up against Jackson Chapin of Fernley last year in the state quar-terfinals. He had pulled ahead in points against Chapin, but in the last four seconds of the match a questionable call handed the match to Chapin. Bodily had faced Chapin again earlier this season in a Spring Creek tourna-ment and had beaten him.

In Friday’s match, Bodily got behind in points early on and was never able to gain back the lead. He lost the match in a close deci-sion. That sent Bodily to the con-sulation round and ended his shot

MVHS wrestlers compete in State ChampionshipsBy VERNON ROBISON


MVHS senior Russell Bodily ended up taking third place at the Nevada State Championship wrestling meet held in Mesquite last weekend.

Photo courtesy of Tyson Houston

See Flag Football on page B2

See Wrestling on page B3

The Moapa Valley High School Girls Basketball team ended its regular season last week with a 59-10 win over SLAM on Tuesday, Feb. 11. In doing so, the Lady Pirates also captured the league regular season title.

The Pirates dominated the Bulls as they took a 20-0 lead during the first quarter. Kaitlyn Anderson finished the quarter with 7-points coming in the final couple of minutes.

Sydney Reese started the game with the first basket of the game, a two-pointer. The Pirates then hit

back-to-back three-pointers for the early lead.

The Pirates played the seconds in the second quarter as Alissa Wolfley scored the first six points of the quarter. The Pirates would hold a 29-0 lead before the Bulls would score their first points of the game midway through the second quarter.

Kaitlyn Hopkins would answer with a three-pointer where the Pirates would finish their scoring for the half. Moapa Valley would lead 32-6 at halftime.

The Pirates would outscore the Bulls 18-2 during the third quarter and 9-2 during the fourth quarter.

Anderson finished the game with 13-points while Reese fin-ished with 10.

By DAVE BELCHER


JASON ANDRUS / Moapa Valley Progress

Lady Pirates end regular season at #1 seed

MVHS junior Alissa Wolfley makes a fast break to the basket during a home game against SLAM played on

See Lady Pirates on page B4

Loren Brooks

Fishing The Overton Arm

Taking the Shoreline Road from Overton last Tuesday was for reasons other than fishing.

In stead of making a left turn at the Echo Bay turnoff, we continued on down the road to Hen-derson and a dentist’s of-fice on West Lake Mead Parkway, which was my destination.

The closest I got to fishing last Tuesday, was to pick up the latest copy of Field and Stream magazine in the lobby, before winding up in the chair for 90 minutes. I had a flash back while reading an article on page 72 of the magazine.

Years ago, my wife and I were driving back

from Anchorage, Alaska. I fished Watson Lake, along the Alcan

Highway, and caught six Northern Pike at a village called Brodhagan.

I also had my metal detector and was in hopes of finding a gold nugget. My wife remained in the car, while I ventured up a drainage looking for gold

with the metal detector.

I got a strong signal in a shal-low stream, thinking maybe I found a treasure; but I could not find the item. I marked the spot, and returned to the vehicle to get a shovel.

With the shovel and the de-tector I returned to the spot and found more than what I bargained for. At that very spot was a fresh imprint of a grizzly paw print, with water still oozing into it.

I found the metal, which ended up being the tooth from a bulldoz-er blade and not gold. I made a quick departure back to the car, making lots of noise, in fear of being attacked by a grizzly bear.

“Nothing in the outdoors gets your attention like a grizzly paw print with water still oozing into it”.

Last Sunday, in church, I sat by Reid Schulthies. He said that

See Fishing on page B3

The Moapa Valley High School Boys’ Basketball team finished the regular season with a win over SLAM, 76-65. The Pirates ended up with the fourth seed from the Sunrise.

At SLAM the Pirates played a close game with the Bulls and came away with a narrow win. SLAM started the game with an up-tempo pace running as much as they could. They scored the first basket for a 2-0 lead.

SLAM eventually built a 16-9 lead with just over a minute and a half left in the first quarter.

MVHS junior Lucas Walker would score a three-pointer. Then Cameron Reese scored a layup af-ter getting a pass from Walker on the fast break. Reese was fouled adding a free throw and cutting the Bulls lead to two points. He would miss the shot. But he got the ball back after a rebound and scored a three-pointer to give the Pirates a one point lead, 17-16, to end the first quarter.

SLAM started the second half with a layup regaining the lead. They scored again with a nice fin-ger roll plus a foul on the Pirates. With the free throw, SLAM held a four point lead a minute and a half into the second quarter.

Another layup for a six point lead before Reese made a three-pointer. Frei would steal and score a layup cutting the lead to one, 22-23. Each team then started making three point-ers: Moapa two and SLAM two. SLAM would have a three point lead with 2:37 to play in the half at 31-28.

By DAVE BELCHER


MVHS Boys triumph over

SLAM to close-regular season

See Basketball on page B5

It has been a heckuva season for the Mack Lyon Middle School (LMS) Mustang girls basketball team! For only the second time in their history, they are going to the Division II Play-offs.

“The last time the girls’ team from Lyon went to the play-offs was when the girls who are se-niors in high school now were able to pull it off,” said Coach Jackson Mortensen. “And those girls are likely going to State this year.”

With a season record of 12-

MLMS Girls team going to Division

II Play-offsBy CHARLENE PAUL


See Middle School on page B3

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Moapa Valley High School has anoth-er Division I football signee. On Feb. 5, MVHS senior Kellen Wallace signed with the Eastern Washington University Eagles. Wallace was a 2nd team All-league as a

Wallace signs to play at Eastern Washington

By DAVE BELCHER


VERNON ROBISON/ Moapa Valley Progress

sophomore. In his Junior year he was 2nd team All-State, 1st team All Southern Re-gion and 1st team All Sunrise. This past season he was 1st team All-State, 1st team all Southern Region and 1st team All Sun-rise. Not only did he excel on the field, he is also a straight “A” student.

MVHS senior Kellen Wallace signs to play football with Eastern Washington University. He is pictured here with Coach Brandon Jones, parents Stephen and Jennifer Wallace, and MVHS Athletic Director Dallas Larsen.

yard touchdown run on their next posses-sion tying the game at 6-6.

Watson would get her second touch-down in the second quarter with a 10-yard run for a 12-6 score.

Watson scored again with another 1-yard run in the fourth quarter to ice the game for the Pirates.

Skotlyn Hill had a big game receiving as she caught six passes during the game for 145-yards receiving. Bailee Andrew caught 4 passes for 35-yards while Signe Jensen caught 2 for 49-yards. Madi Fair-child completed 15 passes for 259-yards.

Watson finished with 10 runs for 44-yards leading the Pirates who finished the game with 129-yards for the game. Moapa Valley finished with 388 total yards.

Thursday night was senior night. Three MVHS seniors were recognized: Coy Overson, Allison Stewart and Hanna Schulthies. Ashley Payne was also recog-nized. Ashley played her junior season and started this year with the team. She is bat-

tling cancer. This one wasn’t much of a game as the

Pirates hosted Western who ius tied with SLAM for last place in the league. The Pi-rates came away with a 40-0 win over the Warriors.

On that same night, Virgin Valley was upset by Del Sol 6-0. Virgin Valley had been tied with the Pirates in the first place league seed. This Virgin Valley loss gave the Pirates sole possession of the league title.

The first round playoff matchups were held on Tuesday. Mojave came to Moapa Valley, Del Sol played at Chaparral, Valley played at Virgin Valley and Sunrise Moun-tain played at Boulder City. Look for re-sults in next week’s edition.

On Thursday night the second round games will be at Del Sol. Winners of Moapa Valley and Mojave will face the winner of Chaparral and Del Sol at 4:30. Winners of Virgin Valley and Valley will face the win-ner of Boulder City and Sunrise Mountain at 6:00. The State championship game will be played at Del Sol on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 5:30 pm.

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2, team members Sienna Neilson, Bel-la Heiselbetz, Alexa Nuckles, Savannah Burt, Gisella Rios, Peyton Davies, Kyndall Longman, Alyssa Jolley, Lauren Williams, Claire Cox, Andie Wood, and Haylie West-ern played their hearts out to get to this point.

“I am so proud of the way they have worked as a team,” said Jackson. “After some of our games, they talked about how

The Mack Lyon Middle School Girls Basketball team is heading to the play-offs this week for only the 2nd time in school history.

the girls on the opposing teams yelled at each other. Our girls just encouraged one another and really worked together.”

Team managers Hannah Fullmer, Ash-lyn Drosos, and Holden Sanchez also did their parts to support the team in their jour-ney.

“Several times, I have had coaches and community members complement LMS teams for their sportsmanship and com-madery,” said Mack Lyon Principal Ken Paul. “These students represent not only our school, but our valley in a very posi-

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tive manner. I am so proud of these girls making it to the play-offs.”

The team is made up of seventh- and eighth-graders. “The eighth-graders took the younger girls under their wings and helped them along the way,” Jackson ex-plained. “I am just so proud of them.”

On Tuesday, February 18, the girls face first seed Fertitta Middle School Firebirds.

The winner of that game and the winner of the second and third seed game will play on Thursday, February 20. The Division II Championship game is scheduled for Mon-day, February 24.

“Not everyone believed we could go this far,” said Mortensen. “But everyone has gotten behind us and we appreciate the support.”

at the state championship. “It was definitely a heart-breaker!” said

MVHS Head Coach Tyson Houston. “But it was a reminder of just how tough the competition is. We tend to forget how hard it is to become a state champion. There are no holds barred in that final tournament.”

Bodily won the third place match in the consolation round by decision against Case Crandall of Virgin Valley.

Houston said he was impressed with the graceful way that Bodily handled the dis-appointment of not making it to the final state round.

“Russell had been favored to win the whole thing, so it was a bitter disappoint-ment,” Houston said. “But I was so im-pressed with the way he conducted himself after the loss. Some kids who miss a goal will throw a fit and throw their head gear around or whatever. Russell walked off, hugged the coaches, left the room for a few minutes to deal with the emotions, and then came back with smiles and support. It was just a model on how to conduct himself.”

Pirate senior Hayden Redd lost his quar-terfinal match against Anthony Peterson of Lowry. Peterson was the #1 seed in the 170 lb class and he came out strong after Redd.

But Redd stopped Peterson and set him back early on. In the first period, Redd had Peterson on his back for a moment with both arms tied up. But it wasn’t enough to award the pin. And the referee had to call a time out because Peterson was bleeding.

“Hayden put up a good fight, but his opponent broke him down throughout the match,” Houston said.

Redd ended up being pinned with 43 seconds left in the last period.

“It was a huge effort and I was proud of him,” Houston said.

In the consolation semifinals Redd went up against Sebastian James of Mojave. He lost by fall in the match putting him out of the running.

MVHS freshman Chance Houston lost in the quarterfinal on Friday against the #2 seed from the north Aiden Painter of Spring Creek. It was a hard fought match which came down to a difference of only 2 points.

“Chance controlled most of the match, but just couldn’t put the points on the board for the win,” Coach Houston said.

In the first consolation round, Houston went up against #4 seed Blaze Jones of Elko and lost by fall, ending his season.

Pirate freshman Cyrus Katich lost by fall in the quarterfinal round on Friday. Then he lost by decision on Saturday in the first consolation round.

“Of course, I’m not completely con-tent with how things went this year,” said Coach Houston. “Not everything happened as expected. But we did see a lot of growth in all of these young men this year. And that is tremendously rewarding. I’m proud of all of them!”

A final highlight of the State Champion-ship meet came at the end of the day Sat-urday in the heavyweight finals. This meet pitted Mojave’s Kyle Hudson against Wy-att Hillius of Virgin Valley. It was the final match of the weekend and the two athletes threw everything they had into it.

A huge crowd had stayed behind at the end of the day to watch this final heavy-weight round. The fans on each side went wild cheering on the two athletes.

Hillius had previously lost to Hudson this season in the regional match. But this time he dug deep, threw his opponent, pinned Hudson in the second period and snatched the state heavyweight champion-ship.

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instead of fishing the Overton Arm last Saturday, Eric Rollins, Eric Payne and he went ice fishing at Panguitch Reservoir. He shared a picture of Eric Rollins holding a 3 pound trout. He said they limited out using jigs baited with meal worms.

The reservoir is located on the Marka-gunt Plateau, between Panguitch, Utah and Cedar Breaks National Monument.

I got back out on the lake Friday for a maiden voyage with a boat I have been re-storing for the past two years. It is a 1969 Hydro swift inboard/outboard 19 foot boat that has not been in the water in 23 years. I have converted this water skiing boat to a fishing boat.

The warm weather brought a lot of an-glers to Echo Bay last week. Some anglers reported good fishing. Others claim it was slow.

Just remember there is more to fishing than catching fish.

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Moapa Valley will head into this week’s region tournament as the number 1 seed in the Sunrise. They hosted Somerset Losee on Tuesday night. Losee is 6-6 in the Sunset and 7-7 overall.

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If the Pirates win Tuesday they will travel to Pahrump Valley on Thursday night where they will play the winner of Mojave and Boulder City. Pahrump Valley hosts this year’s regional tourna-ment. The region championship game will be played on Saturday.

The Mesquite Drug Court an-nounced the advancement of two graduates in its “Breaking the Cy-cle” program during a special cer-emony held on Tuesday, Feb. 11 in the Mesquite Justice Court. The

courtroom was filled with court personnel, city officials, commu-nity leaders as well as friends and family of the two graduates one of whom was referred to as Katy and the other whose identity was requested to remain confidential.

The two graduates had com-pleted an 18-month program

“Breaking the Cycle” celebrates two more graduatesBy VERNON ROBISON


VERNON ROBISON / Moapa Valley ProgressMesquite Judge Ryan Toone (left) congrat-ulates Katy, one of two graduates of the court’s “Breaking the Cycle” program last week.

which combined alcohol and oth-er drug treatment services with the justice system to offer quali-fied candidates a second chance to put their lives back together.

Katy had completed a total of 496 days of sobriety in the pro-gram. During that time she had faithfully attended Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anon-ymous counseling sessions. She

had also received life skills training including learning to manage a bank account and joining an art group to funnel her energy into positive and creative channels. She had even managed to quit smoking.

Retired police officer Mike VanHouten, who works with the program participants on a regular basis to provide them an accountability structure throughout the program,

made a few comments at the cer-emony. He said that he had been pleased to watch the two gradu-ates grow and adapt to the new life that they were choosing to build for themselves.

“It is just a long struggle that starts out with some really tough days and then, more recently, has more good days than bad,” Van Houten said. “I just hope in the future that your days will contin-ue to go smoothly. Just remember that the tools you have gained in this program and continue to do those. Keep putting yourselves in good places as far as habits or routines.”

Mesquite Judge Ryan Toone congratulated the two graduates and gave them three keys for con-tinuing successful in their lives of sobriety.

The first was to not veer away from the things that had brought success. “That includes spending positive time with family mem-bers, being around good people, setting boundaries and staying away from negative people that would drag you back down,”

Toone said.The second was an encourag-

ment to the graduates to continue to set goals. “I’m a big believer in goals,” Toone said. “So just be-cause you finished this program doesn’t mean you should stop set-ting goals for yourself and reach for the stars.”

Finally, Toone counseled the graduates to seek opportunities to help others. “There will be ways that through your special talents you will be able to reach out to others and help them,” he said. “So I would encourage you to do that.”

Katy expressed appreciation for the program and all of the var-ious stakeholders who helped her and made it a success.

“Like they say, you have three choices in this situation,” Katy said. “You can either get cov-ered up, locked up or sobered up. I chose the last one. So thank you all for your support and help through this.”

The “Breaking the Cycle” program has been operating in Mesquite for the past four years now. It is funded through a state grant. The program marshals var-ious resources from the court, law enforcement and throughout the community to assist eligible par-ticipants identified by the court.

The program offers participants the opportunity for long-term treatment instead of jail time.

At the end of the ceremony, Toone announced that the prose-cution had made a motion to dis-miss the original cases that had brought the two graduates before the court to begin with.


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The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians invite you to attend a scoping meeting to help identify the range and scope of issues related to the proposed Arrow Canyon Solar Project. The issues identified during the scoping process will be considered and addressed during preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).

Please plan to attend one of the following meetings:

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 Moapa River Indian Reservation Tribal Hall One Lincoln Street, Moapa, NV 89025-0340

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Conference Room

4701 N. Torrey Pines Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89130

Both meetings will be held between 5:30 pm and 7:00 pm with a brief presentation at 5:45 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

Arrow Canyon Solar, LLC (Applicant) plans to expand the photovoltaic (PV) solar field for the previously approved Moapa Solar Energy Center (MSEC) Project located on the Moapa River Indian Reservation in Clark County, approximately 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The project would also include a transmission line, access road, and water pipeline that would be utilized, as previously approved by the BLM. The SEIS will focus on the expansion of the PV solar field on the Reservation. For more information on how to participate, contact Mr. Chip Lewis, Regional Environmental Protection Officer, at [email protected] (602.379.6750) or Mr. Randy Schroeder at [email protected].

Moapa Valley took a 35-34 lead after another three-pointer with 1:14 to play in the half. It would be tied at halftime 37-37.

Reese scored the first layup for the early 39-37 lead. He would then make a three-pointer.

Humes made a three on the next possession for an 8-point run and lead to start the third quarter.

The Pirates finished with a 23-

15 run total in the third quarter for a 60-52 lead by the end of the third.

Moapa Valley would again out-score the Bulls 16-13 in the fourth for the win.

The Pirates went up against top seed Del Sol in the first round of the playoffs on Tuesday night, held at Del Sol. The DelSol team is also coached by former Pirate head Coach Stuart Humes. Re-sults of that game will be pub-lished in next week’s Progress.

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InVision Eyecare Center in Overton is offering some witty promotions for the year of 2020. According to the American Acad-emy of Ophthalmology, 2020 is the “Year of Vision”.

“The American Academy of Ophthalmology assigned themes for each month that relate to eye health and vision,” said Dr. Kent Bennion of InVision Eye Care Center. “So we will be focusing on a different theme each month.”

The theme for January was glaucoma awareness. So Invi-sion Doctors Bennion and Terry brought in a device known as an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) which scans the eye for glaucoma. Everyone who came in for an eye appointment or check-up in January were given free OCT exams.

This month will focus on Mac-ular Degeneration awareness. Invision will be providing free Macular OCT exams for those who come in during February.

The 2020 promotions will be going on all year. “It helps build awareness of services we provide and provides better service to the valley,” Bennion said. “It also provides more education about eye care and more information to help patients.”

Aside from the 2020 promo-tions, there are monthly and quar-terly drawings for prizes. Plus there will be a bigger end-of year

drawing. Bennion announced that the winner of the January 2020 drawing was Sebastian Gutier-rez who won a $25 Gift Card for Maverik.

Bennion attended Weber State University in Ogden, Utah and Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee. He worked in St. George for 11 years before moving to Moapa Valley. He and his wife have four children.

Dr. Josh Terry attended South-ern Utah University and did his training at Southern California Optometry in Fullerton, CA. He has worked at InVision Eyecare in Caliente, Nevada for 10 years. He also sees patients part-time in the Moapa Valley location. Terry also helps at Richens Eye Center in St. George. He and his wife have a family of six sons.

Terry lost a daughter in 2015 to Type 1 Diabetes. He runs a non-profit organization called

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NICK YAMASHITA/ Moapa Valley ProgressDr. Kent Bennion at InVision Eyecare Center is of-fering a “Year of Vision” for the year 2020. There will be plenty of special eye-care offers, drawings and giveaways each month.

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“Diabetes is the number one reason for pre-ventable blind-ness,” Bennion added.

“We want to thank the community for being so open

and accepting when we came and opened up shop here,” Bennion said. “Change can be tough, but it’s been a really good experience for us.”

If interested in finding out more information about the upcoming 2020 promotions or scheduling eyecare appointments, call InVi-sion Eyecare at (702) 397-2020.

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Love was in the air as local support organization Moapa Val-ley R.E.A.C.H. celebrated the Valentine’s Day season on Mon-day February 10 at the Old Lo-

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Kids and parents from the local R.E.A.C.H. orga-nization got together for a Valentine’s Day cele-bration last week.

“The kids had so much fun and the families enjoyed themselves,” said R.E.A.C.H. mom Erika Whitmore. “It was a very good evening!”

Moapa Valley R.E.A.C.H. is a community support organization for parents of special needs chil-

dren. The group also gives the special needs children an oppor-tunity to socialize and find joy in friendships.

The group was started infor-mally by a few mothers of special needs children about 12 years ago,: said Whitmore. “Back then it was just families getting togeth-er to help each other.”

Whitmore explained that about 5-6 years ago the participating parents realized they needed to form a more formal organization so they could help more people in the community with special needs children.

“This is how R.E.A.C.H. came to be,” Whitmore said.

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The group makes sure there are plenty of events provided for the kids to progress and learn in life.

“It is so much fun for the kids to get together for activities,” Whitmore said. “We have done a swim party in Mesquite with similar families in Mesquite and Bunkerville. We also have done IEP Classes, brought in resourc-es for help, other family-oriented events.”

The group provides resourc-es and support in understanding and raising special needs chil-dren. “These kids are brilliant and amazing!” Whitmore said. “They are trials at times, but they make our lives more fulfilling. It helps to have such good friends giving such amazing support!”


MOAPA CHRISTIAN CHURCH

SUNDAY SERVICES 11:00 AM

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

Pastor: Richard Fisher& Rosita Fisher

A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCHLOCATED ONTHEMOAPA INDIAN RESERVATION

Glendale and Highway 168 past turn off for HiddenValley.

702-865-2864

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

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

Father Blaise Baran702-398-3998

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

Psalm 98:1

We believe in God the Eternal Father; and in his Son, Jesus Christ; and in the Holy Ghost.

(Articles of Faith 1:4)

Where do I come from? • Why am I here?Where am I going?

Have you ever asked questions like these? To learn about God’s Plan of Happiness for you, call...

Logandale: 702-677-5379Overton: 702-677-7340

Moapa: 702-265-9535 (English/Spanish)

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

MESQUITE LUTHERAN CHURCH

Rev. David Constien, Pastor

450 Turtleback Rd.Mesquite, Nevada 89027

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

(702)346-5811

Local Contact: Art DeBerard (702)398-3833

Childcare Center(702) 346-3954

Lake Mead Baptist Church

Sunday School AM

Sunday Worship

Sunday PM Worship

Wednesday Night Prayer

9:30 AM

10:45 AM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

A Southern Baptist Church Contact info - 702-397-2496Email: [email protected]

PASTOR MITCHELL TOBLERAll Are Welcome!

Sermons available online at www.lakemeadbaptist.org

725 N. Moapa Valley Blvd

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GOLD AND SILVER GOLD AND SILVER

I buy all coin and currency collections,

Call Jeff 702-592-1166

including unwanted gold and silver.Don’t hassle with Las Vegas traffic or pawn shop prices.

I pay TOP DOLLAR.Will meet at your location or a public place.

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

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

Concrete Work: Driveways, patios, walks, slabs. 28 years in Moapa Valley. Call 702-206-0054.

Overton Self Storage: All sizes of units available. Indoor and outdoor storage. Easy Access. Close to downtown. Snow Birds welcome. 177 S. Whitmore. Call 702-397-8111.

For Clean Quality Concrete work call 702-397-6540. 30+ years experience, 19 years lo-cal. References.

ClassifiedsClassifieds Call Classifieds Call Classifieds 702-397-6246 or email 702-397-6246 or email [email protected]@mvdsl.com

Progress Hours:Progress Hours:Mon 9am-4pmMon 9am-4pm

Tu-Fri 10am-4pmTu-Fri 10am-4pm

DEADLINEDEADLINEfor classified ads is for classified ads is

11 a.m. MONDAY11 a.m. MONDAY

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

Certified Horticulturist will answer plant and landscape questions: Assist in landscape designs. Identify plants and advise with onsite issues. Questions? “Let’s talk plants”. Andrea Meckley–licensed and insured. 702-300-4148.

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

READY MIX CONCRETE. Call 702-306-5224 cell or 702-398-3444 office.

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

For Rent/AptsFor Rent/Apts

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

Services Services AvailableAvailable

For Lease For Lease Office SpaceOffice Space

Real EstateReal Estate

.84 acre building lot: Zoned for livestock. All utilities, paved road, by high school. 2545 Ash St. $57,500. Tim 702-353-2555.

For Rent/HmsFor Rent/Hms

Employment / Employment / Help WantedHelp Wanted

Moapa Apartment: 2 Bed-room, $475/month. It has plush grass, includes water and trash. Call 702-812-1890. Leave a message. I will return your call. GeneralGeneral

Do you keep bumping your toe on that old dog crate? Consider donating it to K9He-roes.org, a nonprofit organiza-tion enriching the lives of peo-ple with disabilities. Leashes, collars, toys and treats needed. Please call Kerry 702-308-0609 or email [email protected].

Going to Las Vegas for the day? Send your dog to boot camp! Training & exercise, & play and rest. 9am-9pm. Call K9 Heroes 702-308-0609, or email [email protected]. Check us out at K9He-roes.org.

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

Entry-Level Landfill Laborer

Contact InformationKyle TaylorPhone: 702-206-0034More InformationLandfill Laborer:

Western Elite is seeking an entry-level Landfill Laborer to assist Tipper Drivers and cus-tomers as they dump waste materials, sort and manage waste materials, and maintain the landfill and ranch sight.Job duties include: manual labor (including organizing, cleaning, and shoveling waste materials), picking up trash, pulling weeds, and operat-ing various equipment as re-quired. Position located 50 miles north of Las Vegas near Coy-ote Springs. Competitive pay, paid time-off, paid holidays, and excellent benefits pack-age. Contact Kyle at 702-206-0034 & send resumes to [email protected]

For SaleFor SaleOffice BuildingOffice BuildingCommercial Office Building, Downtown Overton: Next to Sugar’s, across from McDon-ald’s. $175,000 with seller fi-nancing. Contact Doug Barlow at Foremost Realty, 702-378-0926. Lic# BS.000035.

Bryner Ave, 0.88 acre build-ing lot: Paved road. $19,000. Contact Doug Barlow at Fore-most Realty, 702-378-0926. Lic# BS.000035.

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

5 Bedroom, 2 Bath manufac-tured home on over an acre. $1250/month. 702-881-6178.

AnimalsAnimalsBrown full grown Stafford-shire Terrier for sale: Ex-tremely gentle. Only to a stable home. 702-596-5870.

Looking for person to clean small 2 bedroom house every 2 weeks. 702-279-3069.

For Sale/HmsFor Sale/Hms3 Bedroom, 2 1/2 Bath, 2 car garage: 1800 s.f. on .84 acre. Zoned for livestock. RV/Ga-rage w/2 Bedroom 1 1/2 Bath Casita. Call Tim 702-353-2555.$399,900

Yard SalesYard SalesSaturday, Feb. 22nd, 8-11am. Garage full of stuff, come and see. 895 E. Arrow, above Air-port.

StorageStorageAuctionAuction

MESA VIEW STORAGEPUBLIC AUCTION

NOTICE TO: STACY BROUGH/UNIT C1

This individual is indebted to Mesa View Storage for past due rent and other

charges.

If the lien is not settled, all possessions will be Owned and Sold by Mesa View Storage,

and apublic auction will be held

Friday and Saturday,February 28/29, 2020

Mesa View Storage1215 Cooper

Overton, NV 89040702-397-8031

Guy and Bonnie Getz have been called to serve in the Texas Dallas Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They

will be serving for a period of 23 months and will enter the Missionary Training Center on March 16, 2020.

They will be speaking at the Overton Chapel (226 W. Thomas Ave.) this Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 10:30 a.m.

Anyone who would like to at-tend is welcome!

Missionaries

Guy & BonnieGetz

Moapa Valley High School and Ute V. Perkins Elementary recently welcomed a new social worker to the staff. Michelle Ea-glehawk started working at the local school in December.

Eaglehawk comes from the Indian Health Services Head-quarters in Rockville, Maryland where she was the Acting Direc-tor of the Office of Direct Ser-vices and Contracting Tribes. It was there that she was one of the leaders of the principal federal health care providers and health advocates for American Indian and Alaska Native people.

Eaglehawk is an enrolled mem-ber of the Navajo Nation, having grown up in Window Rock, AZ. She graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Justice Studies. She then completed a Master’s degree in Social Work, also at ASU. She is currently finishing a second Master’s in Legal Studies at University of Oklahoma.

In 2003, Eaglehawk began her IHS career as a Licensed Inde-pendent Social Worker serving in the Tucson, Navajo and Great Plains Areas.

Eaglehawk noted three major goals while she is positioned in Moapa Valley.

“Bringing easier access to ther-

apy for kids is my main pre-rogative right now,” she said. “This means p r o v i d i n g clinical social work and so-cial services to students.”

She is currently working on writing a grant to help achieve this goal.

Her second goal is to open her own business.

New social worker on the job at Moapa Valley schoolsBy NICK YAMASHITAMoapa Valley Progress

Michelle Eaglehawk

Finally, she has the finishing line in sight for her second Mas-ter’s degree.

Eaglehawk said that she has enjoyed being in the Moapa Val-ley area thus far. “It’s a nice break from the city,” she said. “I live in Vegas, so its nice to get away. It’s been quite a change coming from the East coast to the Western states. Everything back East and in city is fast-paced and work, work, work.”

Eaglehawk also enjoys run-ning, being active, reading, creat-ing art and playing softball.

She hopes working for the school district she can learn more about the education system.

“By learning all I can about the school system, I can get a bet-ter picture of how to help make changes that will benefit the kids

better and provide better care for them,” she said.

Eaglehawk is looking forward to getting the 1-2-3 program up and running for all of CCSD.

This includes presenting it before the state legislature and governor. It will be grant funded for two years.

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