You still have (not much) time for a Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day ... may it be a day filled with love and caring ... feel free to send us flowers, candy, diamonds, etc., or, if you must, to your "special someone" ... (consider this a reminder ... you only have a few hours left to score one for the home team) ...

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And speaking of loving and caring ... Sarah Stadler should get an A+++ for her "Love is a Cure" concert at the high school last Thursday ... it was extremely well received ... a wonderful senior project for a great cause. More than $2,200 was given to Nevada Hopes, a pediatric AIDS foundation. The kids who performed were great and deserve a big "thank you" for turning out and giving of their time. And thanks go to everyone who helped Sarah with her very thoughtful project ... it was a joy!

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Supervisors Pete Livermore and Richard Staub were having breakfast at Empire Ranch on Sunday with their families ... Pete mentioned that the Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center's cardiac section is in full swing, performing at least one heart surgery a day. Now there's a real Valentine gift ... the gift of life ... congratulations ...

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News flash ... from the Pentagon (via DeeAnn Parsons) ... "to deal with the threat of bird flu, President Bush has decided to bomb the Canary Islands ... " (that'll teach those darned birds ... )

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We don't know if you've seen the Montel William's ad on TV for "Partnership for Prescription Assistance," but it sounded good, so we called to see what the deal is ... they say they cover prescriptions across the board, but that qualification depends on income, age, state, etc. We are including their web site address, http://www.pparx.com, and their telephone number, 1-888-4PPA-NOW, in case you want to check them out. Since so many people have problems paying exorbitant drug prices, it may be helpful.

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People who chew gum in public must have a secret urge to look like cows ... take a Tic-Tac instead ...

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How come the Appeal didn't send us to cover the Olympics? Probably they didn't want us to catch cold (yeah, right ... ). And let's wish Emily Hughes well ... she's been thrown into the skating mix with the injury to Michelle Kwan. We're hoping she can emulate her sister, Sarah ... you go, girl ...

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The first half of the freeway opens Thursday ... hooray! But, will it be a boon or a bust to those on Highway 50 East? It did beat the completion of the Ormsby House ... will the second half, also? Or, is the Ormsby House a secret government pork-barrel project? Hummmm ... the FBI will be investigating ...

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One of our readers heard that Winco was buying the old KMart building ... not true ... they looked at it, but didn't want to assume the deal they were presented ... Maggie's ice-skating rink idea looks better and better ...

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This is for Jim, who wanted more "Arkansas" jokes ... (courtesy of Kurt) "A gal, visiting from Arkansas, walked into the Old Globe and ordered three mugs of Bud. She drank them, one at a time, then ordered three more. The bartender suggested that if she ordered one at a time, the others wouldn't go flat, but she told him that she had two sisters, one living in Australia, the other in Dublin, and that they had promised each other to drink this way to remember their old times in Arkansas.

The bartender thought that was a nice custom and left it at that. The girl became a regular at the Globe, always ordering the same way, until one day she came in and only ordered two mugs of Bud. Everyone in the bar noticed the change, and the bartender said, "We don't want to intrude upon your grief, but we want to offer our condolences on your loss." She looked puzzled for a moment, then said, "Oh, no, everyone's fine. It's just that I joined the Baptist church, and I had to quit drinking. Hasn't affected my sisters though."

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Since Nascar is revving up this week, Mary Cerquitella, of Arundel Auctions, wrote to us that she and Pete are auctioning off many Nascar collectibles on Sunday at 10 a.m. at 1330 Koontz Lane in Carson City. Call 883-0808 for additional details and information on other auctions ... there'll be doughnuts and coffee, too ... and you don't have to bid for those ...

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"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest," Proscenium Player's third production of the season, will open on Friday night at the Brewery Arts Center ... for information and reservations, call 883-1976 ... it's a powerful play (the movie made Jack Nicholson famous), but is not suitable for children ...

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Thanks to Robert at the Station Grill for making pizza "just right" ... and to Fred at Roto-Rooter for the "ever thrilling job" of cleaning out the pipes ... (these two sentences have nothing to do with one another ... just so you know)

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The most Rev. Randolph R. Calvo will be ordained and installed on Friday as the seventh bishop of Reno. You are all invited to the installation at 5:30 p.m. at the Reno Hilton Pavilion. It gives a new meaning to "a blessed event" ... our best to him in his new job ...

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"A tour bus filled with seniors is driving down the road, and every now and then a little old lady comes up to the driver and gives him a handful of peanuts. The bus driver is pleased, but he asks, "Why don't you eat the peanuts yourselves?"

"We can't chew them, because we have no teeth."

"Then, why do you buy them?" he asks.

She replied, "Oh ... we just love the chocolate covering around them." (Thanks, Nick ... yikes ... )

n Carolyn DeMar and Maizie Harris Jesse are longtime Carson City residents. Write to them at editor@nevadaappeal.com.