Football season is underway and the Carson Valley Inn Hotel/Casino provides big screen action, Sunday and Monday food and beer specials, a variety of betting opportunities at the Sports Book, and double points Mondays plus free prize drawings during Monday Night Football.
The Inn's Café Cabaret is open for NFL action and values on Sundays from 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and Mondays from 5 p.m. until the end of the third quarter. A variety of super-size football munchies are just $1.75 including nachos smothered in chili and cheese, sloppy barbecue beef brisket sandwich on a bun, Chicago red hots steamed in beer, chili cheese dogs, stadium popcorn buckets, cheesy nachos, and chili bowl and deli sandwich slices. Bud or Bud Lite jumbo draft beer is just $1.25.
Mondays at the Inn bring double points all day for INN Club members and plenty of drawings during Monday Night Football for casino players and those watching the game in the Cabaret Lounge - plus players in the Poker Room during the game. Prizes include NFL logo shirts and hats for the teams playing that night, colorful new 2006 Carson Valley Inn "INN Zone" t-shirts and the popular one-day lift tickets for Kirkwood ski resort.
At the Cal Neva Sports Book in the Carson Valley Inn, anyone interested can sign up all season long for Northern Nevada's richest and most popular football handicapping contest, "Pick Your Pros." This season-long $350,000 contest provides weekly and year-end prize money and the entry fee for the whole season is $25 for pros, $20 for college or $35 for both.
Parlay cards can be played 52 weeks a year and there are many extra weekly football parlay cards plus Sunday and Monday-night proposition cards and halftime wagers on all NFL games and all televised college football games. The Cal Neva Sports Book at the Carson Valley Inn also offers future and proposition wagering, index wagering and a full spectrum of sports choices.
The Carson Valley Inn (www.cvinn.com) is located on U.S. Highway 395 in Minden near the start of State Highway 88.
Signups for adult volleyball league
Carson City Parks and Recreation is now acception registration for its fall adult volleyball league.
Signups are being held Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 15 at the Carson City Community Center office. Cost is $170 per team and the fee must be paid at registration.
Coed II, III and IV will play on Mondays and/or Wednesdays, women's II, III and IV will play on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays and the men will play on Sundays. League play begins Sept. 20. For more information, call Joel Dunn, 887-2290, extension 104.
Pediatric golf event is scheduled
The sixth annual golf tournament to benefit the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation will be Sunday, Sept. 24 at Silver Oak Golf Course. Shotgun start is 8 a.m.
A 2007 Harley Davidson is being offered by Carson City Harley Davidson for a hole-in-one. There will also be drawing prizes and several auction items. Cost is $75 which includes golf, cart and lunch.
Registration information can be sent to Ted and Julie Batchelder, 1130 Eagle Court, Carson City, 89701. For more information, call (775) 882-8886.
Results from Empire and Carson Valley
Results from the Empire Senior Men's Golf Club's individual stroke play tournament held last Wednesday:
Flight A: Low net - Dick Costa 61; second - Mike Rogers (won tiebreaker) 62; third - Gary Dalen 62; fourth - Perry Damon (won tiebreaker) 64; fifth - Roger Overholt 64. Flight B: Low net - Ray Umano (won tiebreaker) 65; second - Wayne Smith Sr. 65; third - Lew Dodgion (won tiebreaker) 66; fourth - Bob Butler 66; fifth - Ron Lamb 67.
Flight C: Low net - Joe Hurm (won tiebreaker) 66; second - James Sand 66; third - Vern Rosse 68; fourth - Don Burge (won tiebreaker) 69; fifth - Marty Martinez 69. Flight D: Low net - Karl Keller Jr. (won tiebreaker) 67; second - Ken Sharples 67; third - Lary Hamann (won tiebreaker) 68; fourth - Paul Ford (won tiebreaker) 68; fifth - James Reading 68.
Closest to the pin: Front nine - Lew Dodgion 5-5; back nine - Fred Olesek 4-11.
Results from the Carson Valley Men's Golf Club's individual stroke play tournament held on Sunday:
A Flight: First - Terry Clore 67; second - Jeff Schreiber 68; third - G.J. Paulson 70; fourth - Wayne Graham 71. B Flight: First - John Dorman, Fred Coons 64; third - Roger Hala 66; fourth - Pat McKay 67.
C Flight: First - John Koller 64; second - Gary Schreiber 69; third - Richard Torok 71; fourth - Gerry McCarthy 72. D Flight - First - Neil Bain 65; second - Gil Causton 67; third - Marty Lane, Richard Boettiger 71.
Closest to the pin: Hole No. 1 - Bill Centers 4-7; hole No. 17 - Jimmy Korzeniewski 5-3.