The award winning and highly acclaimed Le Vent Du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement.
They will perform in Fallon on April 23 at 8 p.m. at the Oats Park Arts Center.
Their vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original compositions, while enhancing their hard-driving soulful music (rooted in the Celtic diaspora) with a broad range of global influences. Featuring button accordion, guitar and fiddle, the band’s sound is defined by the hurdy-gurdy, which adds an earthy, rough-hewn flavor to even the most buoyant dance tunes.
They have enjoyed meteoric success, performing well over 2,000 concerts over four continents and racking up several prestigious awards, including a Grand Prix du Disque Charles Cros, two Junos (Canada’s Grammys), a Félix at ADISQ, a Canadian Folk Music Award, and “Artist of the Year” at the North American Folk Alliance Annual Gala.
There will be a free post-performance conversation with the artists. Their topic is Blending Music from the Celtic Diaspora with Global Influences.
The box office, Art Bar and galleries open at 7 p.m., with the performance beginning one hour later.
Tickets are $17 for members, $20 for nonmembers and $10 for youth & students (with valid student ID). Tickets are available at Jeff’s Digitex Printing or call the Churchill Arts Center at 775-423-1440.
Theatre membership meeting
On Monday night, April 18t, at 6 p.m., the Fallon Community Theatre, Inc., will hold its annual membership meeting.
All current sustaining members have been invited; the meeting is open to the general public as well.
Board Secretary Glen Perazzo, will open the meeting with a slide show presentation highlighting recent improvements.
Chairman Stu Richardson will introduce the Sustaining Membership Drive and describe the goals of the program.
The restoration is nearly complete and it is time to develop a plan to sustain the theatre for next 100 years.
New board members will be considered and voted on to replace two vacancies, with officers to be elected at the next monthly meeting of the board.
Lastly, the floor will be opened for questions and answers while refreshments are served.
Home & Garden show
Soroptimist International of Fallon presents the 21st annual Home & Garden Show on April 23 and April 24.
The Home & Garden Show starts at 10 a.m. each day at the Fallon Convention Center. The show ends at 4 p.m. on Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday.
There is a suggested donation of $1 per adult. Proceeds benefit scholarships and other local programs.
Learn local gardening tips and tricks and obtain helpful improvement ideas. There will also be face painting for the children, raffle prizes, food trucks and more.
Vendor spaces are available. For information, contact Marcia at 775-867-3503.
Vendors who have signed up so far include the following: Needle In a Haystack, Susan’s Handmade, Quality 1st Home Improvement, Coasters Quill Publishing, Lattin Farms, Berney Reality, Argenta Screens, Churchill County Museum, Workman Farms, Tin Can Crafts & Treasures, Banner Churchill Community Hospital, Keener Vintage, 911 Water Service, Pirates with Soles, Copper Point Studios, Blazin’ Barnes, Sparkles, Scentsy, Banner Hospital Auxiliary, Let Us Charm You, Banner Health Auxiliary, Northern Nevada Center for Independent Living, The Fallon Post, Kim’s Kool Treats, Chuck Doucette, Ivy the Artist, Tops NV 0039 Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Churchill Coalition , Fallon Animal Welfare Group, Western Nevada College and Oasis Academy.
County Junior Livestock Show
The 2022 Churchill County Junior Livestock Show and Sale is April 21-23 at the Churchill County Fairgrounds’ Rafter 3C center.
Both the show and sale consist of swine, sheep, beef, goat, poultry and rabbit market animal classes, showmanship classes and all the breeding stock classes. During the show, judges grade students for their showmanship with overall winners in each livestock category announced on Saturday. The auction begins after potential buyers have the morning to look at the animals designated for sale.
This event allows the community’s youth to exhibit skills they have learned in their various projects such as project management, decision-making and project evaluation. Both the show and sale give the community the opportunity to encourage and reward these youth who are engaged in positive and productive efforts.
Support the 4-H and FFA youth by participating in various ways. The auction is Saturday, April 23 at the Rafter 3C center. The Churchill County Junior Livestock Show and Sale continues to be a success through the community’s support.
For questions, call Karen Bogdanowicz at 775-427-2480 or by email to kbogdanowicz@unr.edu.
Earth Day/week activities
The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe has planned these activities for Earth Day week beginning Monday.
The week culminates with the annual Earth Day celebration at Oats Park on April 22 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
The event brings awareness to protecting the environment.
Music will be provided by the River Rogue band. The Pyramid Lake High School Pudu Nagudu Dancers, along with the Young Chief Drum Group, will also appear.
Booths will feature nature games, activities, local artists and crafters fair, food, raffles and family fun.
April 19 — Community cleanup from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Call 775-423-0590 to register.
April 19, 20, 21 — Dumpster days from 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. in the housing areas. Call 775-423-3321 to sign up for large-item pickup.
April 20 — Hazardous waste collection day. Tribal residents only.
Housing shop area: enter off Agency Road.
April 21 — Emergency Management Open House. Ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. Open house from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 8942 Mission Road.
April 21 — Movie night at Fox Peak Cinema at 6 p.m. Pow Wow Highway. Pick up your free movie pass wristband at FPST Environmental Depart., 1011 Rio Vista Drive or the Tribal Administration Building, 565 Rio Vista Drive.
Passes will be available 15 minutes before show time at Fox Peak Cinema.
Academy day
Academy Information Day April 23 at the University of Nevada, Reno – Joe Crowley Student Union, Room 419: The Milt Glick Ballroom.
Academy Information Day is presented for students, parents, teachers, school counselors and community influencers to learn about service and higher education opportunities in the U.S. Military through service academies and ROTC programs.
To apply for admission to a service academy, a congressional nomination is required. This program gives the applicants information on how to obtain a service academy nomination.
A presentation begins at noon, and representatives from the various academies and congressional offices will answer questions at their respective tables beginning at 1 p.m.
Vaccine, testing schedule for April
Churchill County continues to offer COVID to anyone aged five years and older. Vaccines are offered at both the Miner’s Road Public Health Site and the William N. Pennington Life Center; testing is only offered at Miner’s Road.
Please check for offerings on specific days in April as the schedule varies week to week. No services offered on Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays, but all three vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson) are available at all vaccine clinics.
For information go to the following link: https://www.churchillcountynv.gov/DocumentCenter/View/16388/Vax_test-schedule-042022.
Booster shots are available to anyone 16+ who is five months out from their second dose of Pfizer or Moderna or two months out from the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Be sure to bring your vaccination card with you if seeking any dose beyond your first dose.
While county public health does not have rapid tests to offer, residents may buy their own and bring it to any testing clinic and county health staff will administer the test and certify the results. Those seeking a PCR COVID test and the quickest results back possible may pre-register for testing. PCR tests currently take about five days to get results back.
Second COVID booster doses
In keeping with Center for Disease Control guidance issued in late March 2022, Churchill County is now offering second COVID booster doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines for individuals age 50 and up as well as a second booster of the Pfizer vaccine for those aged 12 and up or the Moderna vaccine for those 18 and up with moderate to severe immunocompromising health conditions.
To be eligible for the second booster, one must have completed the primary three-dose vaccine series.
Based on emerging data, the CDC indicates a second booster dose may increase protection levels for higher-risk individuals.
Those eligible to receive the recommended additional mRNA (both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines) booster dose include the following:
• Certain immunocompromised individuals, including individuals 12 years and older who are moderately or severely immunocompromised and are four months out from their first booster;
• Individuals age 50 and older who received an initial booster dose at least four months ago who are not moderately or severely immunocompromised;
• Adults (18-49 years old) who received a primary vaccine and booster dose of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at least four months ago.
All three vaccines are available at all Churchill County vaccine clinics. Vaccines are offered at the Miner’s Road public health site on Monday mornings, Tuesday afternoons and Thursday mornings and at the William N. Pennington Life Center on Wednesdays. See the full schedule for April.
Library events
Stop by the Churchill County Library and take advantage of its activities for all ages.
Read
“1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” encourages youngsters to read age-appropriate books before entering school. Book titles are suggested and offered by library staff. Sign-ups accepted at any time.
In-person “Storytime with Ms. Jes” offered Wednesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m. Children’s Librarian Jeslyn MacDiarmid reads picture books to children and offers a craft to accompany most stories. Each session is recorded and posted to the library’s YouTube account for on-demand viewing at your convenience.
Reading with Rover takes place on April 14 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Children read books to dogs to improve their reading skills and confidence in reading to a decidedly captive audience.
Learn
Learn about 3D printing at drop-in participatory workshops on April 20 from 3 to 5 p.m. Using the library’s 3D printer, make objects, both useful and pretty, and see about this popular technology.
3D printing will also be featured during the STEAM session on April 22 from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Knitting Club meets on Tuesdays at 10 a.m. and Thursdays at 4 p.m. All are welcome from the beginner to advanced skilled folks.
Have a problem with your computer or smartphone? Head over the William N. Pennington Life Center on Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. and get answers from Technical Services Librarian Joe Salsman, an expert in all things technology!
Explore
Writer’s Group meets Tuesdays from at 5 p.m. Discover what area writers are inspired by and working on and bring your own manuscript for inspiration.
Check out the Hidden Cave Virtual Reality experience by making an appointment to don the headset and see Churchill County’s Hidden Cave from a whole new perspective. Bonus: no guano smell!
Drop-in for a VR session on Tuesdays from 3:15 to 5 p.m.
Enjoy
On April 30, the library joins forces with the Churchill Arts Council to bring poet Mindy Nettifee, PhD, to the Oats Park Art Center from 5 to 7 p.m. for a poetry reading.
April’s featured artists are “Flying Artists,” a group of Fallon and Fernley artists working in watercolor, oil, pen-and-ink, acrylic and pastels who have their paintings on display throughout the library.
Hours
Library hours of operation are Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed on Sundays and major holidays.
Call 775-423-7581 for more information on any of the activities above. The Churchill County Library is located at 553 South Maine Street in Fallon.
