Yet another reason why we need the Carson City bypass: noise

When the Carson City Rotary Club unveiled a large street clock in front of the Legislative Complex Wednesday as part of a ceremony recognizing Rotary's centennial year, Carson City Mayor Marv Teixeira proved he knows a thing or two about good timing.

As he strode to the podium to make a few remarks about the new addition to the downtown landscape, noise from heavy traffic along Carson Street momentarily forced him to delay his opening comments.

When the noise subsided, Teixeira quipped: "Build that bypass ..."

Students at Carson High School raised nearly $2,000 during their weeklong tsunami fund-raiser in the middle of this month. Teacher Angila Golik's history class raised the most money, with $330 dollars.

The money will go to Save the Children.

The students will celebrate with a pizza-pop-cheesecake-and-ice-cream party Monday at lunch.

"The kids were really into it," Golik said. "Just about everybody in the class put something in. I'm really proud of them."

Even after the fund-raiser ended, the California grandparents and uncle of one student in the class, 16-year-old Anthony Riviera, sent in $100.

"His parents were so ecstatic his picture was in the paper, they sent it off to all the relatives," Golik said.

Twenty-seven potential mentors have contacted the Mentor Center of Western Nevada since January, said Ruth Gordon, center director.

Mentors are asked to spend a minimum of one-hour a week with a child. Potential mentors should attend a three-hour training session, scheduled from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday and from 6-9 p.m. March 10. The training be in the Reynolds Building, Room 103, of Western Nevada Community College. For more information, call Gordon at 445-3346.

Collin Kamholz, a Douglas High School senior, is a state finalist in the AAA Travel High School Challenge.

There are three other finalists from Nevada. This week, they will complete a 40-question written exam. The student with the highest score will win an all-expenses-paid trip for two to the national competition in Orlando, Fla., and a chance at the $25,000 scholarship.

The first-place winners of Fritsch Elementary School's science fair are in. All can compete in the regional science fair March 17-18 in Reno.

The winners are: Nevin Elliott, third grade, "Pudding Project"; Kayla Soderstrom, first grade, "Pop Go the Bubbles"; Sarah Byrd, second grade, "Ball Travel"; Ms. Small's class, third grade, "Lefty or Righty?"; Grant Gabriel, fourth grade, "Archimedes Principle"; Lael Wakamatsu, fourth grade, "How Well Does Pencil Lead Conduct Electricity?"; Justin Yonkers, fourth grade, "Stains Before Washing"; Markelle Weeks, fourth grade, "Strongest Wood"; Josh Giurlani, fifth grade, "Effects of Exercise on Blood Sugar Levels"; Dillon WInkelman, fifth grade, "Nutty Power"; Ben Drozdoff, fifth grade, "Domino Dilemma"; Alex Azzam, fifth grade, "What Do You Like to Play?"

Carson High School placed second overall in Friday's Northern Nevada Mock Trial Regional Competition in Reno at the Federal Courthouse.

They competed against 10 other teams from Reno, Galena, North Valleys, McQueen and Spanish Springs high schools. Several schools had more than one team. The top four teams will compete in the state competition March 11-12 at the courthouse.