Theo McCormick vividly remembers building B at Dayton Elementary School. It was a few decades and hundreds of students ago that he spent his early childhood school days learning the 3-Rs and a lot of other things he'd find useful in his adult life.

High unemployment, hunger, the coming holiday season and the looming cold weather are just a few of the topics discussed by a room full of about 40 concerned people last week in response to a call for action from Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties.

Road controls in the Lake Tahoe and western Nevada areas: Mount Rose Highway: Chains or snow tires required.

Redistricting of Lyon County Commissioner districts prior to the 2010 Census appears to be a dead issue after a presentation at last Thursday's Commission meeting.

For more local events, or to upload your group's event on our community calendar, go to nevadaappeal.com/calendar. Tuesday Swing dancing, 6:30- 9:30 p.m., El Charro Avitia's Restaurant, 4389 S. Carson St.

Dayton's history has many facets. Although I'm more fascinated with the town's oldest past that began in 1849 with Nevada's first gold discovery, the town has changed 100 fold since then.

This Saturday, September 26, at 2 p.m., Marie Haslett Brown celebrates her 80th birthday at the Silver City Community Center, the site of the old Silver City Grammar School.

Storey County Officals are asking Virginia City, Gold Hill and Silver City residents to conserve water until further notice.

It's time to offer readers a change of pace. I've been writing too seriously lately, so relax and conjure up a few laughs thanks to Jack Miller of Reno who began writing limericks when Reno Gazette Journal columnist, Cory Farley, sponsored a limerick-writing contest two years ago.

There weren't many dry eyes at the awards dinner for about 40 Dayton area teens who recently completed the Comstock Youth Works summer job skills training, service learning, and internship program.

'One of Nevada's mysteries, a decades-old enigma, is why unions have never caught on in the north,' according to a recent newspaper column.

It's worth a trip up the hill to Silver City to see the innovative sculptures and installations in the town-wide yard art contest.

It's worth a trip up the hill to Silver City to see the innovative sculptures and installations in the town-wide yard art contest.

In an ongoing effort to better serve the people of unincorporated Lyon County the Lyon County Animal Services has changed its hours of operation at the animal shelter in Silver Springs.

What do you do when your family visits? I've learned, everyone likes touring Virginia City, particularly the train ride to Gold Hill and back, but there are other attractions just as rewarding.