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Letters to the Editor
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Domestic violence victims
should contact No to Abuse
Those whose lives are affected by domestic violence
may contact No To Abuse to request needed services as of
July 1, 1997. Crisis intervention services and outreach
education; including emergency hofline and shelter ser-
vices; are no longer provided by Support Inc. in Pahrump
Valley as of this date. Funding has been awarded to No To
Abuse through the State of Nevada, Dept. of Human
Resources, Marriage License Grant in the amount of
$30,830 for the provision of these services to Pahrump
Valley, Amargosa Valley and Beatty. Request was made
of Support Inc., by the State of Nevada, Marriage License
Grant Administration, in June, 1995 for provision of needed
services to Nye and Esmeralda Counties, after the Inter-
cept program became inactive. Support Inc. has consis-
tently provided these services since Sept. 1, 1995. The
funding allocation of Marriage License Grant monies for
the one-year cycle July 1, 1997-June 30, 1998 determines
that No To Abuse is now responsible for domestic violence
intervention/outreach education services to Southern Nye
County.
Support Inc. plans to re-open the program office in
Pahrump when alternative funding is secured; to continue
its mission to provide education and intervention to pro-
mote an end to family violence and sexual assault. Ser-
vices provided at that time will not include hotline and
emergency shelter provision - those in need must contact
No To Abuse to access these services. It is our hope to
relocate the Support Inc. office with the Pahrump Family
Resource Center and fellow services providers' facility in
Pahrump. Until then, Support Inc. continues to be avail-
able through the Tonopah office at (702) 482-5598 and
toll-free at 888-815-1773. Crisis intervention hotline/
emergency services remain available with Support Inc.
throughout northern Nye and Esmeralda counties; as well
as in Lincoln, Eureka and White Pine counties. Collect
calls are accepted gL ....... l,,. locatibnftom those in
need of services.
Support Inc. wishes to thank all Pahrump service pro-
viders with whom we have had the opportunity to work; all
churches and businesses which have so generously con-
tributed toward our mission; special thanks to the Nye
County Sheriff's Dept. Deputies whose cooperation and
encouragement have been a source of strength to staff;
many thanks to the Canteen Bakery; and to those of you
who continue to volunteer your energy and creativity with
Support Inc. please know that this work relies on your
generosity of spirit.
Karen Peper
Support Inc.
PV pool season
Last year at this time we seniors and handicapped
citizens appeared before you, requesting that the Pahrump
Valley Swimming Pool season be extended for one month.
Later, in an open letter thanking the board, we further
requested that you consider the feasibility of heating the
pool's water and further extending the swimming season
from April through October.
Since then we have informally met from time to time
and agreed to renew our request that a heating system be
installed and the season be extended.
Some information may he helpful in making a positive
determination: For example, good pool management, we
are told, precludes draining of pool water; and pool water
be kept in daily circulation. If you accept that condition as
a given and if you have pool money available to install a
heating system and if the heating system can heat the pool
water to approximately 80 degrees, then with outside
temperatures in the 80s and the 90s as they are in April,
May, September and October, the Pahrump Valley Swim-
ming Pool would be made most attractive and suitable for
general and therapeutic exercise and swimming, espe-
cially considering that those months include our 216 aver-
age clear and sunny days.
Given a heating system and our warm daily tempera-
tures, we believe that the following groups would more
than adequately pay for the personnel and the upkeep of the
pool: seniors, adults, handicapped, families, aerobic groups,
learning-to-swim groups, as well as the continued rental of
the pool for private parties.
We believe this project will pay for itself, be a benefit
to all, and make manifest the name of our town: Pahrump,
meaning water flowing from a rock. Thanks again for your
time, consideration, and positive action.
John D. McKinnon
Pahrump
In my opinion
I address this to the Nye County School District:
It is the state and federal mandate that any taxpayer is
allowed to have access to all information, including all
policies and procedures.
But when a parent or tax-payer tries to get this informa-
tion, the district wants to charge the tax-payer 25 cents per
copy per sheet which is an inflated charge.
Funny thing about this picture, we pay the secretary's
wage. We also paid for the office and the ink, paper, copy
machine, and then they want to charge us again.
I again urge the parents of the community to do some
checking and you will see that the school district has
violated many of the state and federal mandates and, when
they are called on it, they just laugh about it. But if you join
in the effort to stop this by writting your state representa-
tives, we can stop this.
This is hurting the children and this is the reason there
are no services for children.
If you don't know who to call, please feel free to call me
at anytime and I will help you in anyway I can.
John Espana
Pahrump
McDermott rebuttal
Despite the fact that I am no longer a candidate for the
position of Pahrump Town Manager, I nevertheless feel
compelled to respond to the recent newspaper articles
which dramatiz!!y distort the facts surrounding that s.earch
Members of my family, who currently reside in Nevada,
have provided me with newspaper articles which describe
with total inaccuracy some of the circumstances which
preceded my withdrawal. I read with utter disbelief'Board
members put up a definite red light, however at the contract's
stipulation that McDermott could not be terminated by
anything less than a 4-1 vote of the board.' / 'Board resists
McDermott/New Jersey man looking for more pay, time
off.
I was advised by telephone, on May 28, 1997, that I had
been selected to serve as the Town Manager, at an annual
salary of $50,617. This amount exceeds the range adver-
tised. I was also advised that any potential for future
longevity payments had been eliminated. I had no objec-
tion to the elimination of longevity payments and certainly
would not object to an increase in salary before I accepted
the position. I accepted, contingent upon the successful
construction of a mutually agreed upon contract. I might
add that I was prepared to accept the position for the
advertised salary. I never made any request beyond what
was offered.
I was eager to resolve the contractual matters quickly
and attempted to do so by contacting the Nevada Public
Employees Retirement System, Pahrump Town Office and
Attorney Smith's office. As a result of my call to Smith, I
received a fax Friday, May 30, 1997. The fax was , I
believed, a proposed contrt between the Town of Pahr-
ump and the Town Manager. Charlotte LeVar, who is
described as 'exasperated', 'disturbed by the motivating
factors' and is quoted as "having a very bad taste in my
mouth," should, as chairperson, be aware of the following:
Section Three, of the draft which I received, contained
language which provided "Termination of employee shall
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