Carson City briefly Aug. 11

Sizzling Summer Sale starts today

Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare's Auxiliary Gift Shop offers its Sizzling Summer Sale during regular business hours starting today and continuing through Sunday.

For more information, call 445-5142.

Carson City prison break topic of lecture

Douglas County Historical Society will host Ed and Debora Delaney in a lecture about the 1871 prison break in Carson City at

7 p.m. Thursday at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center, 1477 Highway 395, Gardnerville.

Their newest book "Quest for Freedom," is a work of historical fiction and chronicles the infamous 1871 Nevada State Prison break. This event saw 29 hardened criminals escape from the Carson City facility and rampage throughout the Eastern and Western Sierra Nevada.

For more information, call 775-782-2555.

Book benefits football programs

The Carson Sertoma Football Book program to raise funds for local children with hearing and speech problems, diabetes, and cancer has begun.

Purchase of a book for $20 gives the buyer a square for each of the 16 Monday night NFL football games, and depending on the final score, a chance to win $50 each week. Winners will receive their checks by mail at the address listed on the book.

Books may be purchased at Pip Printing, Q's Restaurant, Decades Lounge, or by calling Frank at 885-7579.

Rafting for a cause

The Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk is the beneficiary of a fundraising raft trip on Aug. 15.

Participants meet at

7 a.m. at 1336 Wheeler Way, in Gardnerville to head to Coloma, Calif., to raft South Fork American River with skilled guides.

Cost is $90 for adults and $50 for children 12 and younger. The cost includes the raft trip, lunch, snacks and soft drinks. Sign-ups are due by Aug. 14. Participants should bring a change of clothes and water shoes are recommended.

All proceeds benefit the Alzheimer's Association Memory Walk.

For more information or to reserve a spot, call Joan Hall 775-901-2546 or 883-8840.

Swing dance offered with lessons

High Sierra Swing Dance Club presents its monthly dance Aug. 28 at the Brewery Arts Center's Grand Ballroom, 449 W. King St., Carson City.

There will be a lesson at

7 p.m., with the social dance from 8-10:30 p.m. Partners are not required.

Cost for lesson is $7 for HSSDC and any swing dance club members or $10 for nonmembers; dance $7 for members of swing clubs and $10 for nonmembers. Join the club that night, and the dance is free.

Artisans' Cafe will be open. For information, go to www.highsierraSDC.org or call 629-9369.

Struggling charity calls in the troops

Carson City's Salvation Army Corps is getting help from premier West Coast Brass Band.

The performance will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St.

The Concord Band is a volunteer ensemble, consisting of 38 players ranging in age from teens to seniors. Their primary function is to accompany congregational singing at The Salvation Army's Concord Community Church in Concord, Calif., but this fall they'll travel by bus to help save the Corps in Carson City.

Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $5 for seniors and children 6-17. Children 5 and younger are free.

Hear the band at www.salvationarmyconcord

ca.org/band.html.

Without an injection of funds, The Salvation Army Corps in Carson City may be forced to suspend services to the Carson City/Douglas County areas. The local Corps provides year-round services, including before- and after-school programming for children, emergency food assistance, gas utility and transportation assistance, spiritual counseling and more. The troubled economy has created a greater need for their services, while at the same time decreasing the amount of charitable donations they might otherwise receive.

Golf tournament set for Aug. 28

The Lyon County Republican Central Committee, in association with the Dayton Valley Golf Club, is hosting a golf tournament Aug. 28.

The format will be a four-person scramble with shotgun start at 9 a.m. Registration fee is $80 per golfer, $50 for DVGC members.

The barbecue is $25. Golfing fees include: green fees, cap, towel, range balls and barbecue.

The Arnold Palmer signature designed championship course is located in Dayton, and is home to a PGA Tour Qualifier since 1995.

There is still time to sign up to participate in this tournament.

There will be a silent auction as well as a raffle. Sponsorships, including local and statewide candidates, still are available for the driving range, tee markers, greens and putting greens.

For more information and entry forms, call Rich Martinez at 246-7430 or Virgil Arellano at 775-463-2977.