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Cattlemen's Update 2025
The University of Nevada, Reno is hosting the annual Cattlemen’s Update in person and virtually from Jan. 13-17.
For more than 40 years, the university has held several sessions across Nevada in January to provide ranchers with current research-based information about issues that may affect the efficiency, productivity, profitability and sustainability of their businesses and Nevada’s cattle industry. Cost of workshop is $20 per ranch.
• Virtual Webinar via Zoom: Registration Required. Jan. 13 at 10 a.m.
• Fallon Convention Center: Jan. 14 at 5:30 p.m., dinner
• Ely Convention Center: Jan. 15 at 5:30 p.m., dinner
• Great Basin College, Elko: Jan. 16, 2025 at 12:30 p.m. in the GBC Theater; dinner in the GBC Reynolds Solarium
• Extension Humboldt County Office: Winnemucca, Jan. 17 at 10 a.m.; lunch
Times given for the in-person sessions are registration time, with the program beginning 30 minutes later.
In-person agenda:
• Imagining the Future: Rancher-guided Knowledge Work in Nevada
Tracy Shane, state livestock extension specialist, agriculture, veterinary and rangeland sciences
• Animal traceability, electronic ear tag update and new state veterinarian
Chad Sestanovich, administrator Livestock Division, new state veterinarian, and Dr. JJ Goicoechea, director, Nevada Department of Agriculture
• NRCS funding opportunities and program overview
Chris Rose, partnership coordinator, Natural Resources Conservation Service
• How to use USDA, NRCS Programs from contract to implementation
Staci Emm, Extension professor, University of Nevada, Reno
• GPS ear tags give ranchers eyes in the sky to help manage the distribution of livestock on rangelands
Paul Meiman, Extension Rangeland and Wildlife state specialist, University of Nevada, Reno.
There also will be a Zoom agenda. For additional information on the in-person or webinar, contact Jamie Lee 775-426-8299 or jamielee1@unr.edu
Father-daughter dance
Churchill County High School Safe and Sober Grad Nite 2025 presents the “Denim and Diamonds” Father-Daughter Dance on Jan. 17 from 6-9 p.m. at the Rafter 3C Arena. Admission is $20 per couple and $10 for each additional person.
Tickets are available at Jeff’s Digitex Printing and Bighorn ATV and Small Engine Repair. For information, call Star Olsen at 775-217-4506.
Churchill Arts Council exhibits
The Harry Wilson exhibit on photographs from the 1960s opened Nov. 11. Most of Wilson’s photographs were in a one-person exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in 1969.
This exhibit was most recently shown at the Monterey Museum of Art during 2019.
Sapira Cheuk’s exhibit in the E.L. Wiegand Gallery is open. She is an ink painter and installation artist. Born in Hong Kong and based in Las Vegas, her work often uses a blend of Sumi and India ink, symbolizing the mixture of her identities.
The exhibition presentation is Jan. 18 from 5-7:30 p.m.
Fallon Elks Breakfast
Sunday, Jan. 5, 8-10 a.m.
Cost is $12 or $6 for ages 5-12.
The menu includes scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage and hash browns. Also available are grits, biscuits and gravy, coffee and orange juice.
GOP women meet Jan 16
The Churchill Republican Women will meet Jan. 16 at the Old Post Office.
The purpose of the meeting is to take nominations from the floor and to present a list of members who have emailed a self-nomination and or nominated others for the CRW president, first vice president, second vice president, secretary and treasurer.
The time allows CRW members and possible new members to send in their membership signed form and the $50to be ready to vote and take up the CRW leadership for the next two years.
Churchill County Library
Stay warm at the library this holiday season and enjoy programming, books, online resources and more.
A reminder that all library programming is free.
Special events:
• Virtual Reality returns in force on Tuesdays at 3:30 p.m. and Fridays at 1:30 p.m. during STEAM. Patrons 10 and up may participate by reserving a spot. Minors must have a new signed permission form.
Ongoing programs:
• “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” encourages youngsters to read books before entering school. Recognition given for every 100 books read on the way to 1,000! Sign-ups accepted at any time at: bit.ly/CCL1000BBK.
• Spice Club continues in December and features allspice.
Pennington Life Center
Plenty of good eats at the Pennington Life Center: All are welcome to partake. Lunch served 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekdays. Cost is $6 for those under age 60 and a suggested donation of $3 for those 60 and older.
NDOT art contest
The Nevada Department of Transportation is inviting Nevada children to participate in the National Association of State Aviation Officials’ art contest by submitting a drawing of women in aviation.
Contest organizers explain that many daring women have taken to the air as aviators. The national contest invites youth between 6 and 17 to create original paintings depicting how women aviators from diverse backgrounds have inspired others to take flight.
All art must be drawn by hand (not computer-generated) in permanent marker, crayon, pen or oil paint on an 11 ¾ x16 ½ piece of paper or nearest equivalent size. Artwork must not be framed.
Submissions and official entry form must be received by Jan. 7, to NDOT aviation program manager Natasha Ashby, 1263 S. Stewart St., Room 319, Carson City, NV, 89712. Winning Nevada art submissions will then be entered into the national competition, with national winners automatically submitted into an international contest.
Full contest details and submission flyer is available at www.nasao.org.
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