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the week of january 5, 2018

Vol. 148, No. 18

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locked up 16 years

Panaca woman’s murder conviction overturnedBy Dave Maxwell

A former Panaca resident, Kirstin Blaise Lobato, has been exonerated after being con-victed of murder and serving nearly 16 years in prison.

KLAS-TV in Las Vegas re-ported this week that she has been transferred from a state women’s correctional facility to the Clark County Detention Center and is still serving an-other year for sexual miscon-duct with another prisoner in 2007, although that may be overturned as well.

As reported by KLAS, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson says he does believe

Lobato is guilty of the murder charge, “because 24 jurors, two separate groups of 12, listened to the evidence and the facts and circumstances and found her guilty.”

But Wolfson also said the dis-trict attorney’s office was not going to pursue the case further and asked the court to dismiss the case.

Published reports in a news-letter by The Innocence Project state that on Dec. 29, 2017, Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez, acting on a motion from the Clark County district attorney’s office, dis-missed all charges against Lo-bato, 34, and ordered her to be released from prison. She had al-

ways maintained her innocence throughout two previous trials.

There was no physical evi-

dence linking her to the murder at the time.

The original murder convic-tion was reversed Dec. 19 by Clark County District Judge Stefany Miley.

A five-day hearing in October 2017, sparked by the Innocence Project, which had taken on her case, found that Lobato’s de-fense lawyers had violated her constitutional right to effective legal representation by failing to call pathology and entomol-ogy (insect scientist) experts in the 2001 trial regarding the time of death of the victim, which would have supported her alibi that she was in Panaca at the time of the murder.

Vanessa Potkin, Post-Convic-tion Litigation Director of the project, said, “Ms. Lobato has spent all of her young adult-hood wrongly incarcerated for a crime she did not commit…Despite the strong evidence that Ms. Lobato played no role in the crime, including alibi ev-idence that she was three hours away from Las Vegas on the day the victim was killed, the police focused exclusively and inex-plicably on her as a suspect. We are grateful that the prosecu-tor’s office moved expeditiously to dismiss her charges after the decision.”

Kirstin Blaise Lobato has been exonerated after be-ing convicted of murder and serving nearly 16 years in prison.

> See LOBATO, Page 3

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Sarah JuddPahranagat Valley Elementary students perform during the school’s annual Christmas play at the high school.

Pahranagat Valley Elementary puts on annual Christmas playBy Sarah Judd

The Pahranagat Valley Elementary School put on its annual Christmas play entitled “Once Upon a Housetop” on December 20. The high school multipurpose room was packed with family and residents sitting and watching students sing and dance under the direction of Char Bowman, their music teacher.

This year’s performance included the tradi-tional pre-show performances. The preschool kids sang “Dear Santa,” followed by the kinder-garten class singing “Jolly Old St. Nick,” and then the first graders sang “We Are Santa’s Elves.”

The play included chimney sweepers, Keystone cops, a Kwanzaa child, Santa, and a live nativity. The musical describes a story where the audience joins “a group of chimney sweeps as they dance across the rooftops of the city and discover all the different ways that families celebrate the differ-ent holidays. From the candles of Hanukkah to bright piñatas, from a baby born in a stable to the uplifting message of Kwanzaa … and don’t forget that big red fella in the chimney!”

Bowman explained, “I chose this play because it taught us about other cultures like Kwanzaa and Hanukkah and we still got to recognize Christi-

anity. I loved the music!”The elementary kids started learning the music

and elements of the play starting the first week of October. Each class learned a part and then everything got put together the week before the program. The halls of the school rang with the music up until the play. The students learned their lines and choreography and went through a couple dress rehearsals with costumes.

When talking with Bowman about what she enjoys most about putting on this play every year, she responded, “I love hearing the children sing, and dancing is my favorite. So if we get to do both, I am very happy. I feel like it teaches a lot of life skills, and they get to try something like dancing. The kids learn to be patient, show respect while others perform, and they learn teamwork while helping each other to do their best.”

The students’ performance entertained the packed audience as they shared the many joys around the holidays. Brian Higbee, the principal, added, “The kids worked extremely hard and had a great performance that set the tone for the Christmas season for our valley. As always, Mrs. Bowman did an amazing job preparing the kids and developing their talents. We thank her for all of her efforts.”

Board of commissioNers

county decides to pay special assessment feesBy Dave Maxwell

Initially, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners balked when they were in-formed they had to pay three special assessments fees man-dated by the state Department of Taxation for certain water rights for the fiscal year 2018-19 amounting to $51,358.50.

The board voted 3-2 at the time to simply say “No.”

Commissioner Varlin Hig-bee stated at the time that he thought it was really a tax and the county might really be sub-sidizing the water users. “That’s the way it looked on paper.”

At the commission meeting January 5, board chairman Paul Donohue reported that the con-cerns the board had about how the money was being paid were resolved, and the county was not subsidizing the groundwater basin and tributaries. Commis-sioners then voted unanimously to pay the mandated fees.

“Those people have already paid their water taxes into the county,” Higbee said, “and we

are not subsidizing them as I first thought we might be. After looking into this matter more carefully and checking with the county assessor, we are not subsidizing them. He told me the funding is actually paid by the water users themselves. They pay it to the county, and the county pulls it out and pays it to the state.”

The assessed fees for the 2018-19 fiscal year were $4,523.98 for the Penoyer Valley Groundwater Basin, $22,105.97 for Pahranagat Lake and its tributaries, and $24,728.55 for Pahranagat Lake and its tribu-taries/Ash Springs.

Commissioner Kevin Phil-lips said it was a matter where Lincoln County had at first con-sidered making a protest “like taking a knee.”

District Attorney Daniel Hooge had said earlier that if the county really did refuse to pay, “they probably were look-ing at getting into a whole lot of trouble and would likely be forced to eventually pay it any-way.”

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new year’s crash kills oneBy Dave Maxwell

A woman from Hawaii, va-cationing over the holiday in Nevada, was killed in a traffic accident Jan. 1 at the Crystal Springs junction of state routes 375 and 318.

The victim, Kristina Andrade, 32, of Aiea, Hawaii, a town on the shores of Pearl Harbor, was the driver of the vehicle. Her passenger, Adriana Botero, 24,

of Ewa Beach, Hawaii was life-flighted to Las Vegas in critical condition and her present con-dition is not known.

Nevada Highway Patrol Ser-geant Guy Davis said the ac-cident happened about 5 p.m. Monday evening. A 2016 Hyun-dai Elantra four-door sedan the women had rented in Las Ve-gas was eastbound on SR375 at

> See CRASH, Page 3

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From new traffic rules to protections for domestic workers, new laws take effectBy Megan MesserlyThe Nevada Independent

With a new year comes a new set of laws.

Several dozen bills enacted by the Leg-islature last year didn’t officially take ef-fect in whole or in part until today. They include everything from changes to hunting permits to regulating how mo-peds can drive on the road to protections for domestic workers.

State agencies have been hard at work over the last six months developing the regulations needed to put these laws into effect and will continue to do so for the laws yet to officially kick in.

Here’s a rundown of some of the laws that take effect today.

traNsportatioNAB261: Motorcycle learner’s per-

mitsAnyone who is at least 15 ½ but

younger than 18 can now apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for a learner’s permit to ride a motorcy-cle akin to the learner’s permit to drive cars. Eligible teenagers must pass a vi-sion test and a written examination to obtain the 1-year permit. The permit can be renewed but expires when the indi-vidual turns 18.

The new law also allows anyone who is 18 or older to apply for a motorcy-cle learner’s permit after completing a vision test and written examination, though the permit expires after six months and cannot be renewed more than once. After one renewal, an adult cannot apply for another motorcycle learner’s permit for five years.

Holders of either the teenage or adult permit aren’t allowed to operate a mo-torcycle between sunset and sunrise, carry passengers or operate the motor-cycle on a controlled-access highway.

Permits also cannot be issued to anyone who has failed the driving test given by the DMV two or more times.

Teenagers with motorcycle permits are required to complete some of the same requirements as those with per-mits to drive cars, including completing a driver’s education course and having held a permit for no less than six months before applying for a license. However, their 50 hours of driving experience is not required to be supervised.

AB335: Moped drivers must drive in the right-hand lane on highways

Moped drivers, beware.This new law requires mopeds to

drive in the extreme right-hand land of a highway if there are at least two lanes. The only exceptions are when the driver is preparing to turn left, when driving to the right side of a highway wouldn’t be safe and when complying with the di-rections of a police officer. Failing to do so is a misdemeanor.

SB339: More cars eligible for vin-tage plates

Have a 1957 Ford Thunderbird stashed in the garage? You’re in luck.

Starting today, the DMV is allowed to issue vintage license plates for residents of Nevada for any motor vehicle manu-factured no later than 1961. Previously, the cut off was 1942.

The fee for vintage license plates is $35, in addition to other registration fees and applicable taxes. The license plates are renewable with a $10 fee.

health careAB474: Opioid omnibus billGov. Brian Sandoval’s office has been

leading the charge to curb prescription drug abuse, including through this bill meant to prevent over-prescribing of opioids.

The measure sets benchmarks on pre-scribers: Painkillers can’t be prescribed

for more than 14 days for acute pain. After 30 days of consecutive prescriptions, the doctor and patient must enter into a nar-cotic contract that lays out goals for treat-ment and gives consent to drug testing if necessary.

At 90 days, a doctor must offer up an “evidence-based diagnosis” — not some-thing generic like a diagnosis of “lower back pain” — and must check the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program data-base to review whether a patient is “doc-tor shopping” and getting additional prescriptions elsewhere.

For any prescription exceeding 365 days, doctors must document their ra-tionale for prescribing opioids for so long.

Bill proponents said they’ve fielded concerns at town hall meetings from patients and doctors who think the bill’s provisions will make it impractical for them to get opioids when they need them. But Las Vegas pain doctor and bill supporter Daniel Burkhead told re-porters earlier this month that he thinks the measure will strengthen commu-nication between doctors and patients, pushing practitioners to find a diagno-sis and develop a plan for addressing the root causes of the pain.

AB249 + SB233: Contraceptive benefits from Affordable Care Act codified in state law

These two new laws, which take effect today, codify certain aspects of the Af-fordable Care Act into state law.

The first, AB249, requires all public and private health insurance plans to provide contraceptive coverage without any copay, coinsurance or higher de-ductible. It also requires insurance com-panies to cover up to a 12-month supply of a drug dispensed at once, something not required by the Affordable Care Act.

The second, SB233, includes some of the same language as the first bill, while

also requiring private insurance plans and certain public health insurance plans to cover without copay, coinsur-ance or higher deductible certain vac-cinations, mammograms, counseling concerning interpersonal and domestic violence, screenings for certain diseases and well-woman preventative visits. It also includes the requirement that in-surers cover and pharmacies distribute a 12-month supply of contraception.

SB482: Ratings for hospitals and other medical facilities

Hospitals and other medical facilities that receive star ratings from the Cen-ters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are now required to post their most recent rating in a conspicuous place near the entrance to the facility and on their websites. Surgical centers are also required to similarly post the address for the website for the Ambula-tory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program maintained by CMS.

The state Division of Public and Be-havioral Health is also required to post on its website links to the CMS star rat-ings and the Ambulatory Surgical Cen-ter Quality Reporting Program.

Also, the State Board of Health is now required to itself rate health-care fa-cilities based on certain requirements. Those ratings are also required to be posted online and near the entrance of each facility.

employmeNtAB384: ‘Banning the box’ for state,

county and city employeesA new law that takes effect today bars

the state, counties, cities and unincorpo-rated towns from considering a job ap-plicant’s criminal history until the final in-person interview or any appointing or hiring authority has made a condi-

> See LAWS, Page 8

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The case stems from the 2001 murder of Duran Bailey, a homeless man in Las Vegas.

His body was found about 10 p.m. on July 8 next to a dumpster close to a bank building. The body had been badly bru-talized, including the eyes being swollen shut, several teeth knocked out, and the skull fractured. In addition, the penis had been removed.

Lobato, then living in Panaca, said she was visiting friends in Las Vegas in late May 2001. One evening she was at-tacked in a motel parking lot by an un-known man in a rape attempt. However, she fought off the attacker using a small pocket knife which she carried for pro-tection. Lobato said she slashed at the at-tacker’s groin area and probably did cut him. She escaped from his grasp and as she fled the scene, saw the man lying on the ground and crying.

As reported in the Innocence Project newsletter, she recounted the details of the attack to several people, making it clear the attack occurred in May, not in July when Bailey was murdered.

On July 20, 2001, Las Vegas Metro Po-lice Department detectives reported re-ceiving a phone call from a Panaca res-ident claiming Lobato had told her she cut off a man’s penis in Las Vegas.

Comparing the information with the known condition of Bailey’s body, detec-tives drove to the Lobato home in Panaca. She gave a statement saying she had been attacked in May in a motel parking lot, not near a dumpster, and that when she left the scene of the attack, the man was still alive, although she thought she had slashed him pretty well with her knife.

Based on her accounts, and other state-ments, detectives felt they had enough to be considered a confession of murder and arrested Ms. Lobato and charged her with murder.

In the meantime, on July 1, 2001, Bailey assaulted and raped another woman in Las Vegas. She reported the incident to police on July 5 despite threats by Bailey that he would kill her if she did report the rape. She also told a few male neighbors of hers about the rape, men who already had an ongoing dispute with Bailey. On July 8, Bailey was found dead next to the dumpster in the area of the bank.

The Innocence Project newsletter said police ignored this evidence of a possi-ble alternative murderer at Lobato’s trial later in October.

The Clark County District Attorney’s office relied heavily on Lobato’s state-ment to detectives, insisting she had re-ally been attacked by Bailey in July, not in May as she claimed.

Defense attorneys presented numer-ous witnesses who testified Ms. Lobato was actually in Panaca on July 8. The prosecution even admitted she was in Panaca that day, at least as of 11:30, but could not account for her whereabouts prior to that time.

At trial, the medical examiner stated that Bailey had been dead about 24 hours when the body was found, meaning death occurred approximately at 4 a.m. the morning of July 8.

The prosecution then summarized that it was Lobato who had killed Bailey in the early morning hours of July 8, then drove back to Panaca.

The jury took the case under deliber-ation and brought back a guilty verdict.

Lincoln County Sheriff Kerry Lee said he was a patrol sergeant at the time of her arrest in 2001 and had been asked to accompany the Las Vegas Metro Homi-cide Division detectives when they ques-tioned and then arrested Lobato at her parents’ home.

He said the family moved to Califor-nia some years ago and has not heard of them since.

In October 2017, at a new trial re-quested by the Innocence project, testi-mony was given by three forensic ento-mologists, that had not been given in the original trial.

Each scientist concluded, as stated in the newsletter, that with the known weather conditions of Las Vegas on July 8, 2001, “Based on the outdoor location where Bailey’s body was found, one would expect to see his body teeming with blowfly eggs within a short time af-ter death.” Blowflies usually arrive very shortly after death of a body left in the open and lay hundreds of observable eggs in the fresh wounds or bodily orifices.

But Bailey’s body did not have any blowfly eggs when discovered, leading the forensic pathologists to conclude that the time of death was much closer to when the body was actually found at 10 p.m., maybe two or three hours before, at a time when Ms. Lobato was known to be three hours away in Panaca.

The newsletter report continues, “Based on this compelling scientific evi-dence which could have been presented at Lobato’s trial and which would have likely changed the jury’s outcome, (Dis-trict Court) Judge Miley granted Lobato’s habeas corpus petition and vacated her convictions.”

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Crystal Springs. It attempted to make a U-turn northbound onto SR318 and was struck by a southbound 2016 Peterbilt tractor trailer hauling 20,000 pounds of paper product, driven by a 30-year man from Oregon whose name was not given. He was not injured and assisted local EMS with life-saving treatment.

NHP said, “The truck struck the driv-er’s side of the Hyundai and they trav-eled left across 318 and onto the east dirt

shoulder just east of the rest area.”Pahranagat Valley Volunteer Fire and

EMS, sheriff’s deputies, Nevada High-way Patrol, and NDOT responded. Two helicopters were called in but one was canceled after the driver of the vehicle died on scene. The second victim was taken by ambulance to meet Mercy Air at Western Elite.

County Sheriff Kerry Lee speculated the women were vacationing in Las Ve-gas, and perhaps had driven to Rachel and were returning.

NHP closed the highway for about half an hour then had restricted traffic lanes until about 11 p.m.

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Rare lunar eclipse comingBy Dave Maxwell

People throughout the United States were excited to see the total eclipse of the sun in 2017.

And while the U.S. won’t be getting as good a look at that again until 2024, parts of the country will be able to see a rare lunar eclipse in 2018, and it happens in Nevada on Jan. 31.

Early that morning, about 3:45 a.m., a total eclipse of the moon will occur.

What makes this eclipse so special according to astronomers writing in Space.com, is that it will happen during a blue moon, or the second full moon of the month. Two full moons in a given month is noteworthy in itself. But this blue moon, coupled with the lunar eclipse, has not happened visibly over the U.S. since 1866 and the next one will not occur until 2028.

Space.com reports that not everyone in the United States will get to see it in full, but Alaska, Hawaii, and northwest Canada will, weather permitting. In Ne-vada, residents should see at least part of the eclipse, depending on weather conditions that morning. More eastern parts of North and Central America will have a shorter show. The eclipse begins at 3:48 a.m.

The first full moon of the month hap-

pened Jan. 2.As reported in many well-known en-

cyclopedias, a lunar eclipse can occur only the night of a full moon. The type and length of an eclipse depend upon the moon’s location relative to its orbital nodes.

A total lunar eclipse has the direct sun-light completely blocked by the earth’s shadow. The only light seen is refracted through the earth’s shadow. This light looks red for the same reason that the sunset looks red, due to rayleigh scat-tering of the more blue light. Because of its reddish color, a total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon.

Christopher Columbus is said to once have used the prediction of a total lunar eclipse on February 29, 1504, to frighten the natives of Jamaica where he and his crew had landed and taken the liberty of eating a great deal of the inhabitants’ food, with the natives refusing to give them any more. Columbus, with his advanced knowledge of lunar patterns, threatened to take the moon away if his demands were not met. During the eclipse, the natives begged Columbus to bring the moon back in its full form, and he agreed if food would be provided for his crew. The next day, the inhabitants gave Columbus and his crew the food they desired.

PVhs holds annual ski tripBy Sarah Judd

Each year, the Pahranagat Valley High School students have the opportunity to go on an annual ski trip at Brian Head. The student council plans the trip each year.

Madi Taylor, Student Council Presi-dent, helped coordinate this trip by con-tacting Brian Head and finding a date that would work. The trip was planned earlier in the month but was pushed back due to lack of snow. The trip was advertised to the school to get as many

kids as possible to attend. In all, around thirty students and five chaperones went.

Each student was responsible for pay-ing $35 to participate. Students could ei-ther bring their own equipment or rent there. The cost was the same either way. The opportunity to take ski and snow-board lessons was available as well. On December 21, they left in two buses just before 5 a.m. and got back around 7 p.m.

Taylor expressed, “I enjoyed just hav-ing everyone up there together, snow-boarding and having fun.”

Board and commission appointmentsBy Dave Maxwell

County commissioners at their Jan. 2 meeting approved the appointment of the following people to various boards.

Alamo Town Board: Angie Wright and Brad Loveday

Panaca Town Board: Tyler Free, Gretchen Soderborg, and Christy Blood

Pioche Town Board: John Christian and Phyllis Robistow

County Library Board: Ann Smith, Peggy Hon,e and Suzanne Reifsynder

Planning Commission Board: Ken Dixon, Ross Stirling, David Hurd, and Susan Austgen

Housing Board: Wes MortonGame Management Board: Jim Cole,

Cory Lytle, and George E. RoweDebt Management Commission: Ed

Maloy and Wade PoulsonFair and Recreation Board: John

Crosthwaite and Jamie JewettBoard of Equalization: Cory

Wadsworth and Amy SonnenbergAirport Authority: Vaughn Higbee,

Phyllis Robistow, and Wendy Rudder

Public comment period ends today for wild horse gather plan

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public review and comment on a plan to gather wild horses for up to ten years in the Caliente Herd Area Com-plex, which is located near Caliente in southern Lincoln County.

The Wild Horse Gather Plan Prelimi-nary Environmental Assessment is be-ing conducted by the BLM Ely District’s Caliente Field Office and will be avail-able for public review and comment for 30 days. The Caliente Herd Complex Area consists of nine Herd Areas; Ap-plewhite, Blue Nose Peak, Clover Creek, Clover Mountains, Delamar Mountains, Little Mountain, Meadow Valley Moun-tains, Miller Flat and Mormon Moun-tains. The 30-day public comment pe-riod concludes Friday.

The BLM is proposing to gather and remove all excess wild horses in and outside herd area boundaries. The Proposed Action is needed to improve watershed health and make signifi-cant progress towards achieving range health standards recommended by the BLM’s Mojave / Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council. The pro-posed gather plan would allow for an initial gather with follow-up gathers for up to 10 years from the date of the ini-

tial gather. The plan calls for transport-ing gathered horses to holding facilities where they would be offered for adop-tion.

The BLM manages wild horse popula-tions in designated areas of public lands where they were found in 1971 and which have enough available food and water to ensure healthy horses thrive on healthy rangelands in the long-term in balance with other legal uses of the land. The Caliente Herd Area Complex is not des-ignated for wild horses due to insufficient forage and water resources available within the complex to maintain healthy wild horses and rangelands over the long-term. The BLM’s decision to not manage for wild horses within the Caliente Herd Area Complex is based on analysis in the November 2007 Ely Proposed Resource Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact Statement. As of March 2017, the estimated wild horse population is 1,744, which includes foals.

Substantive comment submission will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. Pacific Day-light Time on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. All comments received during the public comment period will be fully considered and evaluated for preparation of the Fi-nal PEA.

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why nevada must hit the brakes on taxes

thomas mitchellcommeNtary

It’s called voting with your feet.A remarkable number of well-

heeled Americans are doing just that, and it should serve as a

warning to Nevada voters and can-didates as we enter an election year. Though Republican governors in recent years have shepherded through the Legislature record-high tax in-creases, Nevada still fares fairly well in comparison to other states when it comes to the tax burden borne by citizens of the Silver State.

According to the Tax Foundation’s analysis of state and local tax burdens per capita for fiscal year 2012 — which is after Gov. Kenny Guinn’s billion-dollar tax hike but before the $1.5 billion tax hike pushed by Gov. Brian Sandoval — Nevada ranked 43rd lowest in the nation, while neighboring Taxafornia ranked sixth highest.

Nevada tax collectors grabbed 8.1 percent of the state income through state and local taxes or $3,349 per capita. Meanwhile, California snatched 11 per-cent of state income or $5,237 per capita.

Perhaps that explains why, according to Internal Revenue Service data on taxpayer migration, from 2014 to 2015 about 10,500 Nevada taxpayers moved to California, while 17,700 California taxpayers moved to Nevada. Even more telling is the fact that the Californians fleeing to lower-taxed Nevada averaged

$91,000 in gross adjusted income, while the Nevadans heading to California averaged only $47,400 in adjusted gross income.

It seems people with higher income have a tendency to find ways to keep more of it for themselves.

From 2014 to 2015 Nevada netted an increase in total adjusted gross income reported to the IRS of $1.43 billion. Of that, $1.1 billion came due to the influx of Californians changing residencies.

An analysis of a sampling of that IRS data shows the California-Nevada mi-gration pattern is no anomaly.

In that one year, the state of New York, which has the highest state and local tax burden of any state at 12.7 percent of income and $6,993 per capita, lost $4.4 billion in income.

No. 2 highest Connecticut lost $1.3 bil-

lion in income. No. 3 highest New Jersey lost $2.46 billion. No. 5 Illinois lost $3.47 billion. No. 6 California lost $2.09 billion.

Meanwhile, state income tax-free Texas, ranked 46th lowest, added $3.61 billion, and state income tax-free Florida, though only 34th lowest, added $11.65 billion. The latter might have something to do with weather as well, since $2.62 billion of that came in from former New Yorkers, $1.49 billion from former New Jersey res-idents and $1.47 billion from former Illinoisans.

The New Jersey residents who moved to Florida had an average income of $121,000, while Floridians moving to New Jersey averaged $72,500.

This is hardly surprising nor a new phenomenon. In an article in The Wall Street Journal in 2009 under the head-line, “Soak the Rich, Lose the Rich,” economist Arthur Laffer and WSJ eco-nomics writer Stephen Moore updated previous studies and found that from 1998 to 2007, more than 1,100 people every day of the year relocated from the nine highest income-tax states — such as California, New Jersey, New York and Ohio — mostly to the nine tax-haven states with no income tax — including Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire and Texas.

Laffer and Moore determined that over that period of time the no-income

tax states created 89 percent more jobs and had 32 percent faster personal in-come growth than the high-tax states.

“Did the greater prosperity in low-tax states happen by chance? Is it coinci-dence that the two highest tax-rate states in the nation, California and New York, have the biggest fiscal holes to repair?” they asked. “No. Dozens of academic studies — old and new — have found clear and irrefutable statistical evidence that high state and local taxes repel jobs and businesses.”

A recent WSJ editorial noted that billions in income are still flowing out of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and into Florida.

“As these state laboratories of Demo-cratic governance show, dunning the rich ultimately hurts people of all in-comes by repressing the growth needed to create jobs, boost wages and raise government revenues that fund public services,” the editorial concluded.

Voting with the feet is sure to increase since the recent tax reform limits federal income tax deductions for state and local taxes.

Let this be a lesson for Nevada. Chase the rich, they’ll run away.

Thomas Mitchell is a longtime Nevada newspaper columnist. You may email him at thomasmnv@yahoo.com. He also blogs at http://4thst8.word-press.com/.

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BLM moving forward with fire prevention effort

The Bureau of Land Manage-ment posted on the Federal Register a couple of weeks ago a notice that it is begin-

ning the tedious paperwork process to finally do something to prevent the devastating wildfires that have plagued the Great Basin region in recent years.

The notice states the BLM will create two Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)— one will analyze the effects of constructing fuel breaks that clear flam-mable material along a swath of land to curb the spread of wildfire and another to study the effectiveness of restoring rangeland to counteract the spread of invasive species such as cheatgrass and conifers that burn too easily. The states involved include portions of Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, California, Utah and Washington.

According to the National Inter-agency Fire Center, wildfires consumed nearly 10 million acres in 2017.

In September Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, whose responsibilities include the BLM, promised, “This Administration will take a serious turn from the past and will proactively work to prevent forest fires through aggressive and scientific fuels reduc-tion management to save lives, homes, and wildlife habitat. It is well settled that the steady accumulation and thickening of vegetation in areas that have historically burned at frequent intervals exacerbates fuel conditions and often leads to larger and higher-in-tensity fires.”

The EISs, which are required by federal law, mark the beginning of fulfilling that promise. Comments may be submitted in writing until Feb. 20. Those comments may be submitted via:

* Website: https://go.usa.gov/ xnQcG.* Email: GRSG_PEIS@blm.gov.* Fax: 208-373-3805.* Mail: Jonathan Beck, 1387 S. Vinnell

Way, Boise, ID 83709Meetings to discuss the proposed

fire prevention efforts will be sched-uled throughout the region and will be announced 15 days in advance

in the local media and on the BLM website.

One of the reasons for the current ini-tiative, according to the Federal Register notice, is that wildfires tend to increase the the risk of still more wildfires — a positive feedback loop.

“In warm, dry settings, sage-brush-steppe usually takes, at a minimum, many decades to recover, even where invasive annual grasses or other invasive plant species do not become dominant,” the notice states. “Invasive species and conifer encroachment can be exacerbated as a result of wildfires in sagebrush eco-systems, resulting in an increased risk of wildfires …”

Among the concerns that will need to be addressed and evaluated during the comment period and subsequent meetings is that fuel breaks and the accompanying road improvements, by their very nature, improve access for firefighters but also for the gen-eral public, which might lead to an increase in the number of human-caused fires. Also, such breaks reduce the cover for small wildlife to avoid predators.

The Associated Press quoted Matt Germino, a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, as saying fuel breaks are a bit of a paradox. “Fires, especially large fires, are so unambig-uously damaging to wildlife habitat in general — that is the motivating factor for getting these fuel breaks out,” he said. “At this point, it’s really difficult to predict which animal species will benefit and which ones won’t. Some-times you have to just act in light of the uncertainty.”

That cautionary note aside, we strongly endorse this effort by the current administration to protect not only the environment but also those who earn their living from the land by ranching, farming, logging and mining and those who use the public lands for hunting and recreation. We encourage our readers to submit comments and attend meetings to counter the likely resistance by self-styled environmental-ists. — TM

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Planning for death when young children or grandchildren are involvedBy Jeffery McKenna

No one likes to think about death much less plan for it. Many surveys in-dicate this is one of the biggest factors in not doing estate planning. However, do-ing estate planning is an act of love. This is especially true when there are young children or grandchildren involved.

There are two primary concerns re-garding minor children and estate plan-ning. First, who is going to take care of the children? The person who cares for the personal needs of the children is called the guardian. Second, who will take care of the financial needs of the children? This may or may not be the same person (or institution) as the guardian of the children. The person responsible for the children’s financial matters may be a court appointed con-servator or if estate planning was done prior to death, it could be a trustee of a trust established for the children’s ben-efit.

Significantly, children under age eighteen cannot legally “own” property in their individual capacity. Therefore, in order to have life insurance proceeds or any other assets of an estate distrib-uted to a child under age 18, a conser-vator must be appointed by the court. The legal proceedings required to get a conservator appointed can be at best an additional expense and inconve-nience. At its worst, a conservatorship proceeding can be a legal fight between family members about who is to man-age the assets of the children. Although these scenarios may be unappealing, the worst part about failing to plan for minor children may be what happens when they ultimately receive their in-heritance.

A conservatorship ends when the child reaches age 18 unless special cir-cumstance exist and the court allows the conservatorship to continue until age 21. The result is that at age 18 (or at most 21) the child now has complete control over the assets. While parents or grandpar-ents may envision their life insurance or other assets of the estate being used for their children’s or grandchildren’s

education, church service, or other purposes, chil-dren at age 18 or 21 may have other plans.

Given the con-cerns related to expense, court proceedings and ultimate, uncon-trolled distribu-

tions at age 18 (or 21 in special circum-stances), parents and grandparents should consider the use of a trust when minor children are beneficiaries. A trust has many advantages. First, assets can be distributed to the trustee of the trust for the benefit of the minor child. This can often occur without the need to burden the courts. The trustee would then manage the assets as specified in the trust document. Parents can specify that proceeds within the trust are always available for the children’s health, edu-cation, maintenance and support. Ad-ditionally, parents can specify that the proceeds will not be distributed outright to the children until the children reach a particular age or will be distributed in incremental stages at various ages. In short, through the use of a trust, the parents have the opportunity to provide as much instruction as they want with respect to the inheritance they leave for their children or grandchildren.

In conclusion, estate planning is very important when minor children or grandchildren are involved. If you stop and think about it, you may find it ironic that many of us provide more instruc-tion to the babysitter about how to care for our loved ones for a few hours than we provide for those we leave behind at death.

Jeffery J. McKenna is a local attorney serving clients in Nevada, Arizona and Utah. He is a shareholder at the law firm of Barney McKenna & Olmstead, PC, with offices in Mesquite and St. George. If you have questions you would like addressed in these articles, you can contact him at (435) 628-1711 or jmckenna@barney-mc-kenna.com.

Jeffery McKenna

page 5Lincoln County Record || The Week of Jan. 5, 2018

sportspVhs BasketBall

Panther squads knock off lake MeadBy Dave Maxwell

Make it an even dozen now. 12 consecutive times since 2007 the Pahranagat Valley girls basketball team has beaten Lake Mead Academy. And they did it again Dec. 30 with a 51-25 win in Alamo in a non-league matchup.

They also have the same record over Indian Springs and Beatty, both of whom they will play later in league action.

In the boys game Richard Lewis had a game-high 15 points as the Panthers beat the Eagles 54-33. Culen Highbe had 14 points for PVHS who pulled away by out-scoring Lake Mead 16-6 in the fourth quarter.

Donte Bristol had 11 points for the Eagles.The Panthers also outscored Lake Mead 16-10 in the third

period to open a 38-27 lead, then began to control the boards in the fourth quarter to eventually build a 21-point lead.

Coach Michael Strong said, “At halftime we made an empha-sis to reverse the basketball much quicker against their zone defense, get the ball into the short corner, get the ball inside to

our big guys. I felt the first half we did a good job moving the ball, just didn’t move it to the right places. It also helps when your guards hit a couple of outside shots, that opens things up more for the big guys inside.”

Rebounding has not been one of the strengths of the Panther team, but Strong thought they did much better in this game. “We rebounded the ball really well and made an emphasis in practice. Instead of running under the basket we did a better job of boxing out.”

The tandem of Lewis and Highbe played well inside and Strong said, “When those two get going we become really tough. Asher Haworth and Brodey Maxwell also played well in the second half.”

Pahranagat was 10 of 19 from the foul line and Lake Mead was 2 of 3.

The boys played host to Virgin Valley on Thursday and to-night play at Mountain View.

Both the boys and girls teams begin league play Jan. 12-13 when they travel to Round Mountain and Beaver Dam.

Dave MaxwellSenior guard Madison Williams for Pahranagat Valley. The girls and boys teams play at Mountain View this evening.

lchs Boys BasketBall

Lynx play up at Tri-State tournamentBy Marinda Lamb

The Lincoln County High School boys basketball team traveled to Las Vegas for the Tri-State Holiday Invitational.

The first game was against Silverado. The boys hung with the 4A team in the first quarter, with Silverado taking a 16-11 lead.

The Lynx were still with them in the second, with both teams playing hard defense, keeping scoring low. Silverado managed just six points in the quarter. However, Lincoln only put up four.

Silverado took over in the second half, blitzing the Lynx 23-5 in the third quar-ter and cruised to a 64-27 win.

Next, Lincoln played 5A team, Provo. The Lynx were once again able to stay close early, and junior Kobe Walker hit a buzzer beating 3-pointer at the end of the first to bring the Lynx to within five, 16-11.

However, a layup by Lincoln junior Noah Smith was the only points from the Lynx in the second quarter, and Provo pushed its lead to 16 at halftime.

Lincoln battled in the second half, but it was wasn’t enough to catch up, with Provo extending its lead and winning 52-26.

In the next contest, the Lynx came out swinging against Gilbert Christian. Se-nior Elijah Harr started the scoring with a jump shot and then assisted to Walker for a 3-pointer. Noah Smith made some foul shots, making the score 7-4 in the first few minutes. The scoring was slow, with some good defense, but picked up at the end of the first.

Sophomore Mason Thornock, junior Jordan Cameron, and senior Benson Wadsworth all came in to start the sec-ond and got the Lynx moving on de-fense. Wadsworth took a charge to get the ball back. The scoring stayed equal due to hard defense from the Lynx, who were down one point at the half.

Early in the third quarter, Lincoln’s defense caused turnover after turnover, making it hard for their opponents to score. Noah Smith tied the game with a 10-foot jump shot over Gilbert Chris-tian’s 6-foot-9 center. Junior Kameron Lewis came in to tip the ball away on the defensive which turned into points for the Lynx.

However, a couple turnovers allowed Gilbert to pull ahead in the third and fourth quarters. The Lynx were forced to foul late, and Gilbert was able to stay ahead and take a 16-point win.

Virgin Valley was next, and the Lynx came out strong, keeping the Bulldogs scoreless in the beginning. Virgin came back, hitting multiple 3-pointers, and taking a 19-4 advantage into the second quarter.

At the end of the second quarter, the Lynx started to score more consistently and cut the deficit to 11 at the half.

Virgin Valley stretched their lead to 13 heading into the fourth. Halfway through the final period, the Lynx kicked it in gear with some crucial defense and good scoring, but still fell short 50-46.

The final game of the tournament was against 3A Sunrise Mountain. Senior Landen Smith scored quickly, and then an assist from Walker to Noah Smith added four points to the score right off the bat. Thornock came in with an assist to Walker for a 3-pointer. Lincoln’s press was effective, putting the Lynx up 9-2 halfway through the first. Lewis came in to get a few steals, and Vincent made a 3. The first quarter ended with Lynx in the lead 12-10.

Sunrise pulled ahead in the second with a dunk, but that didn’t seem to faze the Lynx. They got the ball right back with a block from Noah Smith, who then added two points. However, Sun-rise made a big run to pull ahead by 12 at halftime

Vincent and Harr started off the third by causing turnovers for Sunrise and turning them into layups. Harr made a 3-pointer, gaining momentum for Lin-coln. Walker hit a 3-pointer to cut the gap down to seven. Lewis got a rebound and a layup. The Lynx were right behind Sunrise, 32-35, and Vincent stole and made a layup, putting Lincoln down one point heading into the fourth.

In the fourth Vincent hit a 3-pointer to give the Lynx a two-point lead. How-ever, Sunrise regained the lead and held on for a 54-51 win.

Noah Smith was named to the all-tournament team.

The Lynx host Lake Mead tonight at 6:30 p.m. Laughlin comes town tomor-row for a 4 p.m. game.

Kristina LloydLincoln County High School junior Jordan Cameron drives during the Tri-State Holiday Invitational.

lchs girls BasketBall

By Marinda Lamb

The Lady Lynx participated in the Steve Hodson Classic in Cedar City last weekend.

They faced San Juan for their first game. Senior Brynlee Wadsworth started off the game with a 3-pointer. Se-nior Kailey Kelley hit one as well. Soph-omore Sadie Soderborg then made two 3-pointers of her own. Kelley also made a foul shot. The score at the end of the first was 13-9, Lincoln.

In the second quarter, senior Brook-lyn Hafen stole the ball and made a jump shot to start off the scoring. Junior Kylee Cameron rocked on defense, swatting away a pass. Wadsworth made another 3-pointer. Hafen got another steal and made a fast break layup. Cameron re-bounded and went back up for a layup, but at the half, Lincoln was down 21-23.

In the third the Lady Lynx tied it up right off the bat. Junior Kendra Ma-thews kept the ball on offense with her rebounds. She also intercepted a pass which gave Lincoln the chance to score. Sophomore Macie Howard came off the bench to make a short jumper.

The score was 35-30, San Juan, at the fourth. In the final period, Wadsworth got fouled and scored for a 3-point play. Kelley drove for two points. However, San Juan was able to outscore Lincoln, putting them too far ahead. The final score was 44-36.

The next day, Lincoln played North Sanpete. Wadsworth was able to a deep jump shot in the first. She also made the next two points. Sophomore Hailey Hooge came in at the end of the first to get a rebound, preventing North San-pete from scoring again. However, North Sanpete was up 8-5 to start the second. In that quarter, the Lady Lynx played good defense, allowing North Sanpete to score only three points before the half.

Cameron made a layup. Soderborg got a steal and allowed Kelley to tie it up with a foul shot. Wadsworth drained a 3-pointer, pulling Lincoln ahead. She also assisted Kelley for a layup. Lincoln was ahead 16-11 at the half. Good defense continued for the Lady Lynx, and they won 31-19.

In their final game of the tournament, Lincoln was up at the end of the first 7-4, but Canyon View took a two-point lead to halftime. Hafen made a layup to start the third, tying it up. She made an-other to pull Lynx ahead. Kelley made a 3-pointer to give Lincoln a nine-point lead. However, Canyon View began to chip away and pull out 58-54 win.

The Lady Lynx host Lake Mead today at 5 p.m., and Laughlin comes to town tomorrow for a 2:30 p.m. contest.

lincoln girls compete in cedar city tourney

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FOR THE COUNTY OF LINCOLNIn the matter of the Estate of: DAN (DAN-NY) CARL CORRINGTON, Deceased.NOTICE OF HEARING RE: PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF TESTAMEN-TARYTO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Petitio-ner Teresa M. Corrington has filed with this Court her Petition For Probate Of Will And For The Issuance Of Letters Testamentary in the matter of the above-named Dece-dent and that a hearing on said Petition has been set before the District Court on JANUARY 12, 2018 AT 11:00 A.M. in the Lincoln County Courthouse #1 Main Street, in the town of Pioche, County of Lincoln, State of Nevada.All persons interested in this estate are notified to appear and show cause, if any, why said Petition should not be granted. Dated: December 18, 2017Lisa Lloyd, Lincoln County ClerkSubmitted by: Mark C. Hafer, Esq.MUSHKIN CICA COPPEDGE4475 S. Pecos RoadLas Vegas, NV 89121Attorney for PetitionerCase no. PR1220017Publish: December 22, 29, 2017 & January 5, 2018

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Alamo LDS Addiction Recovery: Support group meets Thursdays, 7 p.m. in the LDS Church in Alamo. Please use southwest door. Everyone welcome. 775-725-3768 or 775-962-1085. Healing Within, Al-Anon Tuesdays, 7 p.m. at Trinity Church, 463 Cottonwood Rd. (downstairs entrance), Alamo. Call 775-725-3705 or 775-482-4012.Caliente AA Meetings: Tuesday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Agape Church, 270 A St., Caliente. Everyone welcome. 775-726-3233.Caliente NA Meetings: Friday at 7 p.m., open NA meeting will be held at the Agape Church. 775-725-3585.Panaca AA Open Meeting: has moved to the Panaca Senior Center, Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. at Main and Atchison St. All are welcome to attend this open meeting. Call 775-962-1911 for info or directions.Panaca NA Open Meeting: At Panaca Senior Center. Monday Night - 6:30-7:30 p.m. (775) 962-3437LDS Addiction Recovery Program: Support group will meet every Thursday, 7 p.m. at the LDS church in Panaca. (Use north entrance) Contact 775-962-1963 or 962-5449. Everyone welcome.Pioche AA Meetings: Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Episcopal Church basement. Everyone welcome.

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servicesLincoln County Child Support Services: Available through the Elko Child Support Office, 1020 Ruby Vista Drive, No. 101. 800-229-4188. Applications may be picked up at the Lincoln County Clerk’s office in Pioche, Pahranagat Valley Justice Court in Alamo or Caliente City Hall.CodeRED: www.lincolncountynv.org and click on the “CODE RED” on the right side of the website. Register to receive emergency alerts in your area for free! Sent right to your phone! Once submitted, put in your address and location on the map, and start receiving your alerts. Or, visit the app store, and get connected instantly on your Droid or iPhone.Lincoln County Library, Caliente, in Depot. Open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Open Thursday 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday story hour, 4-5. Pioche, will be open Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Alamo is open Tue., Wed., Thu. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Mon. 1 to 4 p.m.Panaca Senior Center is available for personal computer use or to check out library books by request. Please contact Torrie: 775-962-1130,

Caliente City Council: First and third Thursday of the month, 6 p.m. at the Caliente Depot.Caliente Beautification Committee: third Tuesday, 5 p.m. at City Hall. Caliente Planning Commission: first Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Caliente Olson Senior Center Board: third Tuesday, 2:00 p.m. at Olson Senior Center.Caliente Town Hall meeting: last Tuesday of every month at the Olson Senior Center, 6 p.m.Lincoln County Board of Commissioners: first and third Monday of each month at 9 a.m. at Lincoln County Court House, Pioche. Lincoln County Power District: second Monday, 9 a.m. at District Office in Caselton.Lincoln County School District: second Thursday, 6:30 p.m. at District Office in Panaca. Lincoln County TV District: second Wednesday, 5 p.m. at Lincoln County Housing Administration Office on Hollywood Way in Pioche.Pioche Chamber of Commerce: second Tuesday, at Noon at the Silver Cafe. Pioche Town Board Meeting: second Tuesday, 2 p.m. at Pioche Town Hall. LCAT: monthly meeting the second Tuesday of each month, 4:30 p.m. at the Cooperative Extension office in Caliente.American Legion Alamo Post 17: Meets the first Thursday of the month at the Trinity Assembly of God Church in the fellowship room, Cottonwood Street at 4 p.m. All veterans, wives, widows and children of veterans are encouraged to attend. For more information, call K.C. Stewart, 775-962-2523. Constitution Study Group: classes run the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m. at Keith Pearson’s home. Everyone is welcome to every class. Call 775-962-1407 for info.Freedom 4-Wheelers: Will meet the first and third Sunday of the month at 6 p.m. in the Panaca Fire Hall to discuss upcoming events and ovarian cancer education. All are welcome to attend. Call Kirt or Hope Johnson, 775-728-4795. Masons Meetings: Caliente Lodge No. 38 meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Caliente VFW Hall. All Masons are invited. Mizpah Chapter No. 19, Order of the Eastern Star, meets at St. John Lodge on the second Saturday of the month at 2 p.m.St. John Lodge No. 18 in uptown Pioche meets the second Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. VFW Post 7114: monthly membership meeting 2nd Friday every month, 7 p.m. All members are urged to attend. 391 Dixon St. in Caliente.Great Basin Amateur Radio Club: Monthly meeting second Wednesday of the month, 6 p.m. at a local Fire Dep’t station in Pioche, Panaca or Caliente. Any questions call Lee Hone at 775-962-1528 or E mail k7nkh@lcturbonet.com. Members will be notified of location by email. You do not need to be a member to participate.

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American Legion Alamo Post 17: Meets the first Thursday of the month at the Trinity Assembly of God Church in the fellowship room, Cottonwood Street at 4 p.m. All veterans, wives, widows and children of veterans are encouraged to attend. For more information, call K.C. Stewart, 775-962-2523. Constitution Study Group: classes run the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m. at Keith Pearson’s home. Everyone is welcome to every class. Call 775-962-1407 for info.Freedom 4-Wheelers: Will meet the first and third Sunday of the month at 6 p.m. in the Panaca Fire Hall to discuss upcoming events and ovarian cancer education. All are welcome to attend. Call Kirt or Hope Johnson, 775-728-4795. Masons Meetings: Caliente Lodge No. 38 meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Caliente VFW Hall. All Masons are invited. Mizpah Chapter No. 19, Order of the Eastern Star, meets at St. John Lodge on the second Saturday of the month at 2 p.m.St. John Lodge No. 18 in uptown Pioche meets the second Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. VFW Post 7114: monthly membership meeting 2nd Friday every month, 7 p.m. All members are urged to attend. 391 Dixon St. in Caliente.Great Basin Amateur Radio Club: Monthly meeting second Wednesday of the month, 6 p.m. at a local Fire Dep’t station in Pioche, Panaca or Caliente. Any questions call Lee Hone at 775-962-1528 or E mail k7nkh@lcturbonet.com. Members will be notified of location by email. You do not need to be a member to participate.

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Axia Home Loans - Dennis Schultz“My goal is to get you home. Plain and simple. Let’s work together!”Phone: 702.628.5020

■ Home Loans Irvin: 702-420-0008 or Elona: 775-962-1864.Mobile Food Pantry: Call LC Human Services, 775-962-8084, for more info.VFW Post 7114: 391 Dixon St. is now open Friday and Saturday, 4 to 9 p.m. Visit, watch your favorite program on our wide-screen TV, enjoy a beverage. Try your skill with Wii sports games. Open to the public.GED Testing will be available the second week of every month. Please contact Lincoln County School District to schedule your test, 775-728-4471.Lincoln County Workforce: Ages 18-80, we can help you complete your education, gain nec-essary occupational training, build work place-ment skills or find employment. Services are offered to all individuals that enroll. Contact program manager Launa Chouquer, Christy Blood or case manager Jaime Torrealday at 775-726-3800, ext. 108. Club Radio Net on the 147.12 repeated every Monday night at 7 p.m.

* Pancake & Sausage Supper- All You Can Eat!- January 18, 2018 from 4:00-7:00 pm. Caliente Community United Methodist Church. Donations: Adult- $8, 6-12 year old- $5, kids under 6 years old are free! Tickets at the door- $10.00/$7.00. Tickets are available from church members. Call for tickets or more information: Jim Shane- (702) 768-2779 or email Jim@jjshane.com or Rick Phillips at (775) 962-2421.

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tional offer of employment.The law spells out a number of specific

factors that must be considered before the criminal history of an applicant can be used to rescind a conditional offer of employment or to reject the applicant, including whether the criminal offense relates to the person’s prospective job responsibilities, the nature and severity of the offenses, the age of the person at the time of the offense, how long it’s been since the offense was committed and any documentation relating to the person’s rehabilitation.

If someone’s criminal history is used to reject an applicant or rescind a condi-tional offer, a county, city or town must provide to the applicant a written state-ment that states the evidence presented and the reason why the person was ulti-mately not hired.

SB232: Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights

The so-called Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights takes effect today, which re-quires employers of domestic workers, those who work within an employer’s household, to provide the worker with certain written documentation of the conditions of his or her employment and right to work under the law. Domestic workers must be compensated for all the hours they are required to be on duty, under most circumstances, and that workers who are paid less than 1.5 times the minimum hourly wage must be paid overtime under certain circumstances.

The law also requires that domestic workers be allowed at least one day off per week and two consecutive days off at least once a month. Employers are not allowed to limit or monitor a domes-tic worker’s private communications or take or hold their personal documents.

Children under the age of 16 employed in domestic service are also no longer exempt from the limitations on working hours, as children employed in farm la-bor or motion picture performances are.

educatioNSB19: Dual credit courses for high

schoolersA new law that goes into effect today

requires school districts and charter schools to enter into cooperative agree-ments with one or more community col-leges, state colleges and universities to offer dual credit courses to high school students. Credits received must be al-lowed to apply toward the number of credits required for a related credential, certificate or degree.

The State Board of Education is not al-lowed to “unreasonably” limit the num-ber of dual credit courses in which a high schooler can enroll.

SB189: Training for child care fa-cility employees

Employees of licensed child care fa-cilities are now required to complete 24 hours of training annually, with at least 12 of those training hours devoted to the care, education and safety of children that is specific to the age group the em-ployee is working with and approved by the State Board of Health. It also re-quires that any independent contractor retained by the child care facility is in the presence of one of the facility’s employ-ees when children are present.

Employees of child care facilities are also required to notify the facility no later than 24 hours after being charged with or convicted of certain crimes, being in-vestigated for child abuse or neglect or after a report of abuse or neglect against him or her has been substantiated. The facility, in turn, is required to notify the Division of Public and Behavioral Health

within 24 hours. (The division is respon-sible for carrying out civil penalties for violations of those requirements.)

Child care facilities will now also be rated with a letter grade by the division, with the letter grade to be posted near the entrance to each facility.

otherAB420: Telecommunications de-

vice access for prisonersPrisoners will now be allowed to use

approved telecommunications devices for conducting certain visits and corre-spondence, as well as use the devices for purposes related to correctional activi-ties and educational, vocational and legal research.

The director of the Department of Cor-rections is also now allowed (with the approval of the Board of State Prison Commissioners) to establish a charge on the use of videoconferencing equipment by offenders for conducting visits to help offset the costs of the equipment.

SB194: Ban on purchasing and sell-ing items made from certain animals

It is now illegal to purchase, sell or possess with intent to sell any item that is made in whole or in part from shark fin, lions, elephant, rhinoceros, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, pangolin, sea turtle, ray, mammoth, narwhal, walrus or hippopotamus.

The first violation is a gross misde-meanor, the second is a category E felony and the third and subsequent offenses are a category D felony. Additionally, those who violate the law must pay a $6,500 penalty or the amount equal to four times the fair market value of the item, whichever is greater.

The new law doesn’t apply to antiques, musical instruments, knives or other items with a small quantity of one of the restricted animal parts or byproducts if certain criteria are met (such as the objects being obtained legally). It also doesn’t apply to sales to a scientific or educational institution or sport-hunted items obtained legally with a small quan-tity of the animal part or byproduct.

AB204: Name changes on marriage licenses

Marriage licenses in Nevada now can include the name to be used by each spouse after marriage.

The applicants, at the time the license issued, can choose to change their mid-dle name or last name for use after they are married. They can choose to change their middle name to either the current last name of the other applicant, the last name of either applicant given at birth, a hyphenated combination of the cur-rent middle name and either current last name of either applicant or the last name of either applicant given at birth.

A last name can be changed to the cur-rent last name of the other applicant, the last name of either applicant given at birth or a hyphenated combination of the last names allowed for use as middle names.

SB511: Changes to hunting, fishing and trapping licenses

A host of changes to hunting, fishing and trapping licenses take effect including:

• Parents no longer have to sign a sep-arate statement acknowledging they’ve been advised of their responsibility for their child’s negligent or willful miscon-duct relating to the use of a firearm, they just have to acknowledge their responsi-bility at the time of the application.

• Apprentice hunting licenses, for those 12 or older, now cost $15.

• Licenses to hunt, fish or trap during open seasons are valid for one year be-ginning on the date of purchase of the license.

• Additional licenses, known as tags, are now required to hunt any bighorn sheep, moose, mountain lions or moun-tain goats. (Tags were previously re-quired to hunt deer, elk, antelope, moun-tain sheep or bear.)

• Fees for various licenses have changed. (See the new fees on page 10 here.)

• A certain percentage of general li-censing and permitting fees collected by the Department of Wildlife will now be required to be used for certain purposes relating to wildlife.

• The Department of Wildlife must consult with Native American residents or tribes when considering making any recommendations relating to their hunt-ing or fishing rights.

• No more than two combinations of hook, line and rod can be used by some-one while fishing.

This article reprinted with permission from The Nevada Independent. Those interested can email contact@thenvindy.com

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childhood food acceptanceBy Molly Roemer

Research has found that exposing children to different types of food from a young age increases the chance that they will both try and like them. Along with children’s own predisposed tastes, parents can play a large part in shaping food preferences. Usually, parents begin introducing solid foods between four and six months of age and are counseled to introduce foods one at a time to en-sure that there is not an allergic reaction. However, even beginning to introduce a variety of foods at this age may lead to greater food acceptance as kids grow.

Researchers have specified that it takes eight to ten different exposures to a food before children may try it.

Following the notable Ellyn Satter method of “Division of Responsibil-ity in Feeding,” it is up to the parent to provide the food and the children to de-cide whether or not to eat it – meaning parents should not try to coax or coerce their children to eat what is prepared, only ensure that a good variety of food is prepared at consistent times. This teaches children to listen to their own bodies and to learn to try and enjoy new foods on their own timetable. With this method in mind, introducing a new food in a positive and relaxed way may help children to accept and further develop food preferences over time.

Letting children experiment with both the taste and texture of food is impor-tant. Many times this means letting chil-dren make a mess and play with their food or spit it out. Children are not being rude, but are learning and discovering. Consider it a success!

Being a good example of good eating habits by eating the same foods with

your children is also important for increasing food acceptance. Avoid conflict, criticism, and labeling your children as “picky eaters.” Trust your children’s appetite and re-member that it is the accumulation

of food and nutrients that matters most – not just one day. Here are some tips from the American Dietetic Association:

• Offer new foods at the start of meals. Children are most hungry then!

• Serve at least one food your children like at mealtimes.

• Avoid asking your children what they want to eat. The parents’ job is to provide the food; the children’s job is to eat or not.

• Avoid telling your children foods that you do not like. Let them discover for themselves!

• Give new food a proper introduction. Tell your children its name, color, how and where it grows, how it tastes, etc.

• Serve the same food in different forms at separate mealtimes. (e.g. raw carrots with ranch and cooked carrots in a stew)

• Give your children enough time to eat (15-30 minutes) and make sure they have a comfortable spot where they can reach and see the food well.

Molly Roemer graduated with a degree in Dietetics from BYU and currently resides in Alamo. She enjoys food and family and seeks to enrich the lives of others through both. Email questions or comments to roemermolly@gmail.com.

Molly Roemer