Legals
Pahrump Valley Gazette, Thursday, May 15, 1997 29
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN
that Petition has been pre-
sented to the Nye County
Board of County Commis-
sioners desiring the abandon-
ment of Canoe Court located
within Block 16 of the
Calvada Valley Unit 6 Sub-
division, Nye County
Recorder's File Map #36024,
located in Section 23, Town-
ship 20 South, Range 53 East,
in the Town of Pahrump, Nye
County, Nevada.
Pursuant to NRS 278.480, the
Board of County Commis-
sioners of the County of Nye,
State of Nevada, will hold a
Public Hearing on Tuesday,
the 3rd of June, 1997, at the
hour of 11:00 a.m., or as soon
thereafter as the matter may
be heard, in the Commission-
ers Chambers located at 101
Radar Road, Tonopah, Ne-
vada, at which time any and
all interested parties may ap-
pear and be heard.
Any parties desiring to sub-
mit written comments may
do so at any time prior to this
Public Heating. Written com-
ments should be submitted to
the Nye County Planning
Department, P.O. Box 1513,
Tonopah, NV 89049.
Copies of this Notice, Peti-
tion, and any associated maps
or other documents are avail-
able for inspection at the Nye
County Planning Department
located at 1114Globemallow
Lane, Tonopah, Nevada.
Publish: 5/15/97
NOTICE OF
SCHOOL DISTRICT
BUDGET HEARING
1997-98 BUDGET
In compliance with N.R.S.
354.596, 2 and 3, referring to
the section affecting the
School District, the PUBLIC
HEARING of the 1997-98
SCHOOL BUDGET for the
Nye County School District
will be held on the THIRD
WEDNESDAY in May,
more specifically May 21,
1997 at one thirty (1:30 p.m.)
in the afternoon, at the Nye
County School District Ad-
ministration Office, Military
Circle, in the town of
Tonopah, Nye County, Ne-
vada, at which time any in-
terested person may appear.
The budget has been prepared
on forms prescribed by the
Nevada Tax Commission.
Copies of the 1997-98 Bud-
get, and all supporting detail,
are on file for inspection at
the Nye County School Dis-
trict Administration Office,
P.O.Box 113,MilitaryCircle,
Tonopah, Nevada 89049, and
copies are filed with the Nye
County Clerk, Nevada Tax
Commission, and the State
Department of Education.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
NYE COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT Richard J.
Scanlan, Clerk
Attest: Geraldine M. Harge,
Superintendent Nye County
School District
Publish 5/8/97, 5/15/97
Valley Fire Department Training
On April 5 the Pahrump Valley Fire Department held a recruitment for volunteer firefighters
with 12 completing the process. This process included; a physical agility portion that would test
the'strength of each firefighter in a grueling challenge of endurance and balance; a written
examination that would depict the level of education and understanding; and finally, an oral
interview to determine the candidates response under stressful circumstances
These twelve individuals then proceeded to the next level that would allow them to perform
firefighting functions in actual situations. They combined together as a group which consisted
of Student Firefighter Recruits, persons under the age of 18 that are still in school, and Fire fighter
Recruits that are 18 years or older.
The course is titled Entry Level Volunteer Firefighter or ELVF. This course extended into
40 hours of intensive training. Four ten hour days were spent by the new recruits to complete the
required ELVF course. Each new recruit freely gave of his/her time to serve their community.
The course consisted of: Firefighter Safety, Fire Behavior, Firefighting Tactics and Strategies,
Hose and Fire Streams, Forcible Entry and Tools, Ladders, Wildland Firefighting, Personal
Protective Equipment, Self Contained Breathing Apparatus, Hazardous Materials Awareness,
Confined Space Awareness, Material Safety Data Sheets, Fire Extinguishers, and Fire Depart-
ment Organization.
The successful recruits are as follows: Chris Racine, Firefighter, Gary Thurman, Firefighter,
Wheeler Springs Canyon, May 13,1997. A brush l'we apparentlyignited by alightning strike from I Joe Graziano, Firefighter, Tina Kuras, Fire fighter, Heather Farthing, Student Firefighter, Chuck
several days prior, erupts t'filing the sky east of Pahnunp with smoke. After containment, the fire [ CresweU, Firefighter, Stephanie Marshall, Student Firefighter, Chris Hess, Student Firefighter,
reignited on Wednesday reaching a size of 100 acres. Several agencies were called to suppress the John Henderson, Firefighter, Mike Devine, Student Firefighter, Rodd Fernandes, Firefighter,
fire using slurry drops, hotshot crews and just plain hard work. Brett Morgan, Firefighter.
U.S.v. Nye County lawsuit ends:
Era of coope'rative management of Public Lands Foreseen
Attorneys for Nye County and the United States Govern-
ment announced May 1 that they have signed and filed with
the U.S. District Court a settlement agreement and stipulation
to dlsiiss a lawsuit which has been pending for more than
two years related to the management of the public lands
located within Nye County. The County's officials hailed the
settlement and the attached "Tri-Party Framework for Inter-
actions Agreement" a the.dawning of a new day in coopera-
tive management of a large segment of Nevada's public lands.
The United States sued Nye county in March of 1995 to
invalidate Nye County's claim, based on a 1978 Nevada
statute, that the County had authority to manage and control
the public lands located within the county's boundaries. Nye
County, the second largest county in the United States,
covers more than 18,000 square miles of land, making it
larger than the states of New Hampshire and Vermont
combined; and 93 percent of the County's 11.2 million acres
is public land.
The Settlement Agreement provides: "The United States
recognizes that the State of Nevada and Nye County posses
concurrent jurisdiction over the public lands within Nye
County for such purposes as law enforcement and the
protection of public health and safety in accordance with
applicable federal law and regulations." The Agreement
_00riefly Noted
also states that: "The State of Nevada and Nye County submitted to the U.S. District Court, Attorney General
recognize that the United States owns and has the authority Frankie Sue Del Papa stated that the law passed by the
to manage and administer public lands within Nye county." Nevada Legislature was unconstitutional and urged the
Nye County, the Bureau of Land Management and the Court to invalidate the law and confirm that title to the
Forest Service also have signed the Tri-Party Framework public lands in Nye County belonged to the United States.
for Interactions Agreement, which creates processes for Federal District Judge Lloyd George, agreeing with the
achieving joint objectives on the public lands, such as road position taken by the United States and the Nevada Attorney
maintenance, law enforcement, economic stabilization, rec- General, issued an opinion in March 1996 invalidating the
reation and conservation, statute and declaring that the United States held title to the
"The parties have pledged their best efforts to making public lands in Nevada.
cooperative management of the public lands a reality through Carver remains convinced of his original position on the
the processes established by the Interactions Agreement," issue of ownership of the public lands, and he still is
said Les Bradshaw, Nye County Manager. "Already, we disappointed that the Court made the ruling it did. Nonethe-
have seen significant progress toward this goal during the less, Carver today also expressed his happiness with the
more than dozen, day-long meetings we have participated in ultimate outcome of the lawsuit.
with the BLM and Forest Service," he added. "We are pleased to have a seat at the table where deci-
On July 4, 1994, Dick Carver, then Vice-Chairman and sions are made every day that affect our citizens, "Carver
now Chairman of the Nye County Board of Commissioners, said. "It took a bulldozer and a lawsuit, but Nye county
bulldozed open a road located on Forest Service land within citizens now enjoy the same rights as other Americans. That
Nye County, asserting that it was a public road which could is all we ever asked for."
"I
not be closed without the consent of the County. Citing a am glad it is over," stated Carver about the thirteen
1978 law passed by the Nevada State Legislature, Nye months of negotiations which culminated in the Settlement
County claimed that the State (not the Federal Government) Agreement. "Now we can get on with the business of
owned the public lands in Nevada. In a highly unusual brief serving the people of Nye County."
Evapotrans--
piration study in
Death Valley
National Park
Richard H. Martin, super-
intendent of Death Valley Na-
tional Park, announced the
availability of an Environmen-
ted Assessment (EA) for a
evapotranspiration study of
the Death Valley National
Park Playa.
The study would involve
three evapotranspiration
monitoring sites. The EA de-
scribes the proposal, its alter-
natives and compares the en-
vironmental impacts.
The EA is available for
public review and comments
for 30 days. For a copy of the
EA, or for additional informa-
tion, please contact the park's
environmental specialist, Ri-
chard Anderson, at Death
Valley National Park, Death
Valley, CA 92328, by at (760)
786-3251, or by -mail at
richard 1 ._anderson@nps.gov.
YMCA summer
camps for
youngsters
YMCA Sports Camps for
youngsters 6-11 run from
June-August and are offered
for in-line hockey, soccer,
swimming and all-sports,
which combines many favor-
ite youth sports. Campers age
9-11 also have additional
choices: golf, Tae Kwon Do
and tennis..
Preschoolers 4-5 years old
have an oppoaunity to partici-
pate in YMCA Friendship
Canthis summer that include
games, songs, am and crafts,
movement education, indoor
swimming and much more.
For more information on
these programs call the
YMCA at 877-9622. The
Bennett Family YMCA is lo-
cated at 4141 Meadows lane,
across from Meadows Mall.
CCSN Dance this
weekend
The Desert Dance Theatre
of the Community College of
Southern Nevada will present
two performances of "Sister
Moses - The Story of Harriet
Tubman," this weekend, May
16-17.
Both performances will
begin at 7:30 p.m. in the
Nicholas J. Horn Theatre,
3200E.CheyenneAve,North
Las Vegas.
Admission prices are $8
for adults and $5 for senior
citizens and students.
These will be the second of
five May performances of.
fered by the CCSN Fine Arts
Department's Spring Concert
series.
For reservations, call 651-
5483.
Sandy Valley VFW
Post #27
The Sandy Valley VIN
Post #27 invites its community
to aseminar aboutLivingTmsts
on Thursday, May 29, at 1:30
p.m. at the Community Center
on Quartz Ave.
AAIP, one of fie West'slarg-
est providevsof'iving Trusts",
will be presenting the seminar.
Call Adene" at 800-232-
9455 for further information
and reservations.*
Helping Hands
Helping Hands of Pahr-
ump is looking for commu-
nity mindedindividuals hav-
ing time to assist clients need-
ing local transportation for
doctor appointments, grocery
shopping, etc. Mileage reim-
bursement available. Call
Lesley 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. "
Monday-Friday. Phone:
(702)727-6it 1.
