Community Briefs

Nevada Appeal Staff Report

BCS championship to be aired in 3-D

The 2009 Bowl Championship Series championship game will be shown in 3-D for the first time ever, and local fans can watch in Carson City.

The game, between Florida and Oklahoma, is Thursday at 5 p.m. The 3-D broadcast will be shown at the Galaxy Fandango in Carson City.

To purchase tickets online, go to www.galaxytheatres.com. Tickets are $16, and the broadcast starts at 5 p.m.

Galaxy Fandango also is showing the NBA All-Star game in 3-D on Feb. 14.

The NFL has broadcast a limited number of games in 3-D during the regular season to positive reviews.

CHS wrestling fundraiser to be held

The Carson High School wrestling program will host a fundraiser to help raise money for travel expenses. The raffle will take place Jan.14 (Senior Night) at the Morse Burley Gym, in CHS, at 7 p.m.

Raffle tickets are $5.00 each and can be purchase through any wrestler, Coach Tim McCarthy (283-1604) or at the JV Tournament on Saturday, at Carson Middle School from 8 a.m. to noon.

Raffle Prizes are:

- Carnival Cruise " One Week for 2

- Seasonal Complete Landscape Maintenance " Carson, Dayton, Washoe Valley, Douglas area

- Landscape Package " 12 Trees and 12 5-Gallon Shrubs

Need not be present to win.

Golf groups make Carson Valley Inn their headquarters

The golf season is fast approaching in Northern Nevada, and the Carson Valley Inn in Minden will again be the headquarters hotel for more than 100 golf groups, associations and clubs during 2009. The Carson Valley Inn offers attractive group golf packages for as few as 12 and as many as 150-plus.

Eleven area courses present plenty of golfing experiences, whether your group is mostly beginners, low-handicappers or the vast majority who fall in-between. The Inn has been serving golf groups for 25 years and it handles all the arrangements, including your rooms, golf tee times, group receptions and dinners.

According to Bill Henderson, director of sales and marketing, "Our group golf packages assure a visit filled with scenic golf, fabulous food, live entertainment and plenty of casino fun. The Carson Valley Inn's small-town hospitality and ambiance insure that golf groups " whatever the size " are noticed, welcomed and very much appreciated. "Whether your group has never visited the Carson Valley Inn, or has been here before " but not for a while " we'll be glad to outline a proposal for a 2009 visit."

The Carson Valley Inn offers golf at all of the "Divine Nine" area courses, including Genoa Lakes Golf Club, Genoa Lakes Golf Resort (formerly Sierra Nevada Golf Ranch), Sunridge Golf Club, Carson Valley Golf Course, Eagle Valley East and West Golf Courses, Empire Ranch Golf Course, Dayton Valley Golf Club and Silver Oaks Golf Club.

The Inn's staff can also arrange golf for your group on the way to and from the Carson Valley Inn at courses around Reno and Lake Tahoe, including the West's premier Celebrity course, Edgewood Tahoe, and the private Thunder Canyon Country Club.

Packages for groups of 12 to 18 include a dinner in the private Vineyard Room in Fiona's Bar and Grill. Packages for larger groups include an arrival-night reception (cocktails plus hot and cold hors d'oeuvres) and a last-night cocktail hour and banquet dinner.

For more information on the Carson Valley Inn's group golf packages, call Bill or Jacki at 866- 284-7766, ext. 9 or 775-783-6665 or visit www.cvinn.com/golf.

The Carson Valley Inn (www.cvinn.com) is located on U.S. Highway 395 in Minden, Nev., near the intersection of State Highway 88. The popular hotel, casino and RV resort built its reputation by providing fun and memorable experiences through the smiles and friendly service of its 450-plus employees.

Amenities include 152 hotel rooms, a 75-room motor lodge, 59 RV sites, a casino, three dining facilities, two lounges, nightly live cabaret entertainment for listening and dancing, 6,000-plus square feet of convention and banquet space, the Chapel at the Inn, an indoor pool/spa/fitness facility, Spa at the Inn massage and facial therapy, a Home Treasures Gift Shop, a Shell convenience store and more. The Inn is 20 minutes from Lake Tahoe's south shore and 45 minutes south of Reno.

For more information on activities, recreation, history and shopping in the Carson Valley area, see www.visitcarsonvalley.org.

WNC athletics fundraiser to feature NBAdeputy Silver

NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver will be the featured speaker at Western Nevada College's sixth annual Wildcats athletics fundraising dinner. The benefit is set for Friday, Jan. 16, 6 p.m., at the Peppermill Hotel-Casino, in Reno.

Tickets are $100 each, with tables of eight for $700.

The event features a three-course prime rib dinner with hosted wine/beer, entertainment, live and silent auctions, and a raffle. Funds raised will support Western Nevada College intercollegiate men's baseball and women's softball teams. Community college athletics in Nevada currently receive no state general funding, making private support critical to their existence.

Silver has consistently been named one of the "100 Most Influential People in Sports" by the Sporting News and the Sports Business Journal. He has also been recognized by Time Magazine and CNN on their list of "Global Business Influentials" which features 20 of the world's leading corporate executives.

Introducing Silver will be David Kahn, owner of the Reno Bighorns, Northern Nevada's new NBA Development League team. Kahn operates Southwest Basketball LLC, which owns the Albuquerque Thunderbirds. The Reno Bighorns are affiliated with the Sacramento Kings and the New York Knicks, and play their home games at the Reno Events Center.

Master of Ceremonies will be Bryan Samudio, sports anchor for KRNV Channel 4 (NBC).

For ticket information, call 775-445-3240.