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Slim Files For $10,000,000
I almost goofed! But right at the last moment before Ditto
went up to the post office to mail off my instant $10,000,000
claim form, I noticed that I hadn't enclosed the release form
allowing them to use pictures of me receiving the ten mill in
their advertising.
This release form had some pictures of a couple of guys
standing in front of what was supposed to be my house up here
in Goldfield. I sure hope they don't use them when they are
trying to find the place as about the only white paint that ain't
peeled off is on the outhouse. Which is where I will probably
be sitting when they show up. I will have to remember to shut
the door when I see the Prize Patrol coming up the road and
to act surprised when they pound on the door. Maybe acting
the Mr. Cool part and shouting out that they got to wait their
turn, as right now Ed and Dick are interviewing me.
On the release form along with pictures of what was
suppose to be my place was a picture of some guy with his
back to the cameras. I musta got a haircut before they showed
Slim Sez
by Slim Sirnes
up. The interviewer is asking this guy
"Mr. Sirnes, what are you going to do
with this ten million?" I already got a
reply figured out. "Count it. And now
that you have laid the bundle on me, please take off. My wife
will be coming home soon and she gets all shook up when she
sees a bunch of strange cars and vans surrounding the place.
She would probably think it's some more of my friends come
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up to hang out especially if they look like they're not paid for.
Or, it could be AFT or DEA people. You never know when or
where they are gonna show up."
By the time this gets in print, I will have gotten the ten big
ones from them and the eleven from Ed and Dick and be long
gone. So don't be coming around looking to collect on past
due bills or to put the bite on me. Us Republicans ain't got no
time to mess around with you peasants. Besides, Bill and
Hillary want to talk to me about investing in some waterfront
property or campaign contributions. I ain't sure which as it
was early in the morning when they called, them being in a
different time zone. Like me, Bill can't run again but there is
nothing stopping Hillary and she's already got experience.
All for now, as I got to write some more stuff in case the
checks I've gotten don't clear. Have a good one.
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C.C.S.O. Savs Thanks
The Children's Community Service Organization would
like to say a most heartfelt THANK YOU to the following
businesses and individuals who donated time and monies to
make the children's Christmas party such a huge success.
The Gift Cellar, Tomato & Bautista, Weepah Shrine Club,
A.A.R.P., Pahrump Valley Taxi, Ladies Auxiliary V.F.W.
#10054, Ron/Carol Taylor, Marilyn Lombardo, Matt/Pat
Rios, Donna's Studio of Dance, Women of the Moose # 1141,
Superior Manufacturing, Markem Financial Services, Ameri-
can Overhead Door, Affiliated Chiropractic Center, Knights
of Columbus, Nevada State Bank, Pahrump Valley Times,
Mary Parks, American Legion Post #22, American Legion
Auxiliary Unit #22, Elmer/Dolores Johnson, Desert World,
Abe/Evelyne Fox, Lydia Herndon, Worden's Ins. Agency,
D.A.V. Chapter #15, Affordable Cars, H&M Pipe & Supply,
Loyal Order of Moose #808, Saddle West Casino, Pahrump
Lodge #54, Hafen and Hafen, J. Forest Cahlan, V.F.W.. Post
#10054, Pahrump Volunteer Ambulance, Louise Tenberg,
Helen K. Burd, Pahrump Country Health Food, Stardust
Chapter, O.E.S. #32, Wilbert E. Chaput, Premier Software,
Inc., Frank/Fracine Barkanyi, Anonymous, Lawyers Title
Employees, Levins Plastering, Earl/Martha Wing, Gina Sone-
Deandrea, Anonymous, Bill/Ginny Lyon, Kay Somes, Sherrie
Boysza, J.D./Bob Hughes, Harry Snow (Snowball the Clown),
Shane/Bonnie Green, Phyllis, David & Sara Mayer, Dana
Levins, Joann, Mindy and Megan Truelsen, Jewell Burton,
Allen Dohner (Sunflower Clown), Stacey Hanson, Andrea
Barclay, Susan M. Cherry, Alyssa Diaz, Fred R. Spille, Fran
B. Wagner, Lynn Peterson, Terry Sonneson, Sara Towles,
Karl Coughlin (Ranger from Death Valley), Mary Marceau,
Sharon Wehrly (NCSO), Virginia Johnson, Bob Barrew
(NCSO), Frank Leemans (NCSO CAT), JoAnn Barner, Ray
Woodcock (NCSO CAT), Jackie McDaniel, Jean McClain,
the Snowbirds at Preferred R.V. Resort (wrapping of gifts),
Pahrump Valley (azette, The Observer (all advertising),
Pahrump Volunteer Fire Department, Chelsa-Jordan Nurs-
ery, Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce and all the
entertainers who did such a fantastic job of keeping the
children entertained. To all that I may have unintentionally
missed, Thank You. Without your generosity and help, this
party could not have happened. It was a very rewarding day
and you made lots of children happy. It's the community
working together for the betterment of our children that will
pay off in the future.
May God enrich your lives, as you have enriched others.
Is/Janet R. Picketing, Sec./'It-eas.
Bob Tomaro, President
From a woman's point of view
January 6, 1997 a day, in Pahrump history, that will live in
infamy.
That was the day that Dick Carver of Smoky Valley was
elected chairman of the Nye County Commissioners.
Mr. C. stated that the last time he was in Pahrump that "he
hated Pahrump and everyone in Pahrump was greedy!"
So now Mr. C. is chairman and as a result never again will
the commissioners meet in Pahrump if Mr. C. has his way.
Pahrumpians once again will have a 3 hour drive to the
county seat to do our business. Mr. C. has stated that he may
move all services back to "Tonopah were they belong."
Mr. Harry Brean, at the Pahrump Valley Times, (and a
young whipper-snapper) may not mind the drive (he has a
newer car) but those of us over the age of 50 find this ride a
chore. When one takes water pills - from Beatty to Tonopah
can be an interesting experience - at least you know if your
kidneys are working.
It cost me 2 tanks of gas to go to Tonopah and back. At
$1.39 plus a gallon, that is over $40 to do 20 minutes of
business.
Mr. C. forgets (when he was first elected) that it was the
Pahrump vote that got him elected. Now to get him un-elected
there are only 4 options:
1. Recall by his district - not by the whole county.
2. Change the vote instead of by district to county-wide
and then wait 4 years for his term to expire.
3. Vote to change the county seat to Pahrump.
• 4. Get the county to split or ask Clark County to annex us.
Of all the above I would go for recall. But Mr. C. knows
which side his bread is buttered and will not do anything
destructive to his district. So there may not be any Options but
to change the rules and wait 4 years to repair the damage Mr.
C. will have done as chairman.
Sure he isn't the only one on the commission board but you
know only 2 will vote for Pahrump. Two out of five is never
going to win. Although I always thought a chairman was only
to vote in the case of a tie - that is not the case in commission
meetings. When Mr. C. would rant and rave at Cameron
McRae for at least 10 minutes and then, being the gentleman
Cameron is, Cameron would say, "Thank you, Mr. Carver,
and go on with the business at hand." So I guess we can now
hear Mr. C. rant and rave at someone else! I wonder who his
whipping boy will be - Sheriff Wade Lieseke perhaps!
Thank you for letting an old lady spout off her frustrations
at a situation she has no control over.
Is/Liz Blythe
Pahrump, NV
P.S. I grew up believing such things as''Good guys wear
white hats and "true champions come from behind." Mr. C.
doesn't wear a white hat. He told me he likes being a "bad
guy" and "will never wear a white hat." (In case you've never
seen Mr. C., he always wears a black cowboy hat).
Who pays for trip?
The article "Assistant sheriff Richard Marshall South
Africa Bound" (January 2, 1997, "Pahrump Valley Gazette")
notes that Assistant Sheriff Richard Marshall has been se-
lected by the Citizen Ambassador Program of People To
People International to serve as a delegate to South Africa to
help train that country's law enforcement personnel. Sheriff
Lieseke stated that this is yet another example of the recogni-
tion his agency has received and that it is something "that all
of Nye County can be proud of." I wonder if we taxpayers can
afford our Sheriff's pride. Anyone who reads the Gazette
regularly knows that Nye County is very deeply in debt-
perhaps even illegally so. Most readers also realize that the
problem is that our county spends too much, not that it taxes
us too little.
Who is paying for the expenses of Mr. Marshall's trip,
which includes transportation, food, housing, salary, health
insurance, workers compensation insurance, retirement fund,
Nye County Sheriffs Department, building overhead, and
vehicle overhead, and assistance by other Sheriff's office
personnel in preparing for Mr. Marshall's trip to South
Africa? Are any of these expenses being paid by Nye County
taxpayers directly or indirectly?
I note, further, that one of Mr. Marshall's official duties
here in Nye County as mentioned in the Gazette article, is to
supervise the Sheriff's Office's Africa Regional Training
Academy. What are the names and titles of all SherifFs
Office personnel involved either directly or indirectly in this
project? What other taxpayers' resources are being used?
Remember that the total cost goes far beyond salaries (which
may be covered by a grant); it also includes health insurance,
workers' comp, retirement fund, amortization, depreciation
and maintenance of county vehicles and buildings, and all of
the above for personnel preparing a grant application and
monitoring grant compliance. Grants are not a free lunch;
they almost never cover all the very substantial hidden
indirect costs, such as retirement funding.
One has to wonder what Nye County Taxpayers are
getting out of an Africa Regional Training Academy or a trip
by a Nye County Assistant Sheriff to South Africa. The
continent of Africa (and, indeed, the nation of South Africa)
has a great deal more money than Nye County does. Let them
pay for their own law enforcement training, including all lhe
indirect costs. At a recent County Commissioner meeting,
Sheriff Lieseke asked fbr permission and funds to hire an
Assistant Sheriff. Why is our Sheriff continually asking for
more personnel (and a bigger budget) when he has people to
spare for solving South Africa's problems? We taxpayers
cannot afford Sheriff Lieseke's pride. Wouldn't it be better
if he could forego national and international fame in favor of
taking pride in higher solution rate for burglaries?
Is/Sandy Shaw
Tonopah, NV
P.S.: If there was a grant, and if(exceedingly unlikely)
it covered all the hidden and indirect costs, we taxpayers
are still not off the hook; if it came from the federal
government (perhaps after routing through People To
People International), just who do you think really paid
for it? Your Congressman?
Clean up controlled burns
We in Pahrump should be very proud of our Fire Depart-
ment and its volunteer firemen. They are a real important
asset to our community. In order to prepare themselves to
handle fire situations, it is necessary to practice methods in
bringing deadly fires under control. Today, my husband and
I watched from the front of our property, a planned and
controlled burning of a mobile home at the west side of the fire
department's building. I assume that different methods of fire
containment were being practiced during this session. This is
a common procedure that all fire departments take part in, in
order to give their firemen on-the-job training. It is a good
thing - but after the practice and after the fire has been
completely contained there is a big mess to clean up. Whose
responsibility is this? Surely not the firemen, but I would
think that the county would provide the manpower and
equipment to clean up and haul the remnants away to the
dump. The important thing is that the debris is cleaned up.
Well, there is another leftover fire containment mess that has
not been cleaned up and I am sure that this is an oversight that
the county should take care of. There is a partially standing
remainder of a mobile home situated just west of the fire
department and near Basi n Road. It is really an eyesore to our
great community. Over a year ago, this home (abandoned
because of a previous fire) was set fire again and contained
under the careful direction of the fire department. The
remnants of this planned fire are still in place. I would think
that the county could arrange to have this sorry looking mess
cleaned up. Please - whoever is responsible, take care of this.
Is/Patricia Warburton
Pahrump, NV
Peace officers need retraining?
I would like to start this letter by stating one strong
opinion. I personally feel that Nye County should consider
retraining their deputies! I can state this opinion due to the
recent encounter with these "so called PEACE OFFICERS."
They seem to think that they have the authority to rough up tax
paying citizens for a minor traffic stop. Where do the
boundaries for the law enforcement lie in Nye County, or
should I say, "Are there any boundaries to these unjustified
acts from OUR law enforcement.'?"
I feel with the proper training, OUR deputies could be-
come proficient law enforcers.
Is/Tama'e Buehman
Pahrump, NV
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