ROCK PARK TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY

The park will be closed to the public beginning Monday, July 28 to create a new recreational destination. Construction will begin on a new whitewater attraction in the Truckee River along with enhancements to park facilities. The park will reopen to the public in early 2009. The whitewater attraction will open in summer 2009.
The Rock Park construction improvements include work inside the river channel that will create a recreational whitewater experience for people of all ages and abilities. The banks of the Truckee will be landscaped to provide an unobstructed view of the river and improved access.

"The whitewater feature at Rock Park will raise the bar for recreation in the Truckee Meadows and bring visitors to Sparks from near and far," said Sparks Mayor Geno Martini. "The project will be a wonderful use of the Truckee River, and something our citizens can enjoy for years to come."

The second phase will consist of park enhancements which will include increased parking areas, new shade structures, play structures and landscape improvements. Additionally, the river trail system will be rerouted and improved.

Rock Park was constructed in 1978 with Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant money and is located on the west side of Rock Blvd. along the Truckee River.

This story can be found at:

http://www.ci.sparks.nv.us/about/news/?newsid=933


Sparks has many more parks, listed here:

http://www.ci.sparks.nv.us/living/parks/all.php

The most notable of the parks in Sparks is the Sparks Marina, mentioned earlier in this blog. The old Helms gravel pit...........now a recreation destination !!

Enjoy the warm weather, we know not what the winter holds this year !!

Amazing Website !!

According to Ken Polsson of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada he has been researching a few topics and creating time-lines. He also says that he cycles his research time among the main subjects, spending about a month on each one. He has been working on his project since 1995, accumulating tens of thousands of individual items.

Awesome job Ken !!

It is definitely worth a look !!

http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/

Enjoy !!!

My old Vectrex

Although I do not use Wikipedia for serious research, they did a good job on my old game console. I think the Vectrex is special because it is a stand alone console.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex

My first day at TMCC

Today is my first day at Truckee Meadows Community College. I have decided to return to school to obtain more skill in networking computers and Linux applications. I have been in school since 2001 and I really enjoy the academic atmosphere. There is something special about the halls of learning. I am looking for work; I would prefer to work at the University of Nevada, Reno, although any higher education institution would suffice. I have been to several community colleges all over Nevada and California, but I have my Bachelors of Science from California State University, Fresno. I did not like programming, so my major was Business Administration with my option in Computer Information Systems. So I have a lot of experience in data base applications.

I have a webpage on Facebook. If anyone is interested….http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=692882884. I am looking forward to learning new and amazing things this semester!

Found a Banned Book List

A wonderful list of Banned Books can be found here:

http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2008/06/01/yippee-a-banned-book-list/

Her home page is here:

http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/

Many thanks to Bookworm for this list !!!!!

"Closing Books Shuts Out Ideas"

Celebrating the Freedom to Read
Banned Book Week
September 27–October 4, 2008

Libraries, schools, and individuals that would like to
celebrate the freedom to read and help ALA get the word out on
Banned Books Week 2008 (September 27-October 4) should go to
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.cfm
and find out how to celebrate Banned Book Week !!

Treasure Your Freedom to Read and
Get Hooked on a Banned Book !!

This is very true !

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