The City of Fallon Outdoor Pool is now accepting applications for Lifeguard-Swim Instructors for the 2011 Season. Applicants must have current Red Cross CPR/AED, Life Guarding and First Aid certifications. Applications are available in the City Clerk’s Office, 55 W Williams Ave.

For more information please call 423-5104. Closing Date: 5:00 p.m. 05/05/2011.

The summer events kick off in May with Spring Wings, a celebration of the beautiful bird migration that stops off in the Lahontan Valley every spring. Octane Fest follows in June, delivering a rousing, spectator-friendly display of horsepower and four-wheeling prowess. Also this summer, the Churchill Arts Council will once again produce two free concerts in the park utilizing the Centennial Stage Amphitheater. On June 16, residents and visitors alike will enjoy Red Baraat, a nine-piece, Brooklyn-based New Orleans funk and Latin jazz dance floor band, sure to get people dancing. A second free concert hosted by the city on August 18, will feature Brave Combo, a Grammy-nominated polka party band.

If a little Western flavor is more of your thing, I hope you make it to one of my favorite events — “The Fastest Gun Alive” Cowboy Fast Draw World Championship. This Oct. 4-7, a group of the world’s most talented quick-draw artists will come to Fallon to remind us of the lightning-fast six-shooter skills that are a part of our Western heritage.

Our summer events showcase Fallon’s diverse culture and identity. And they offer local residents and visitors a chance to gather and enjoy our community and our natural beauty.

So as the weather warms, please take a weekend or three to enjoy some of the fantastic Fallon events on the summer schedule. I hope to see you out there.

Ken Tedford Jr.

The Mayor and City Council are pleased to provide you a FREE energy saving kit for your home. The kit includes light bulbs, weather stripping, and water saving devices that will save you money on your utilities.

Each individual dwelling unit within City limits is eligible for one kit on a first come, first serve basis while supplies last. Kits are available at City Hall, 55 W. Williams Ave., Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Kits are made available from a grant the City of Fallon received from the Nevada State Office of Energy.

If you have any questions regarding this kit and how to use the items in it, please call the City Engineer’s Office at 423.5107.

Southfield is an operator at the City of Fallon’s wastewater treatment and water plants, who has worked at the City of Fallon since 1998. He is a long-time Fallon resident and former dairy farmer.

“He is hardworking, dependable and reliable,” said Jim Souba, the City of Fallon Engineer. “He is the type of guy where there is never any argument. He just gets the job done.”

Souba said that Southfield shows up early for every shift and makes the wastewater treatment plant run smoothly.

Southfield said that he enjoys the working environment and camaraderie of working at the City of Fallon.
“There are four guys that I work with, and they all do a good job,” said Southfield. “It is definitely a team effort. We don’t work solo.”

We congratulate Dennis on this well deserved honor. If you see Dennis around town, congratulate him on this recognition. Check back in future editions of the newsletter for next quarter’s outstanding employee.

The company, owned by Jeff and Jill Christiansen, started in 1972 in the days of duplicators and mimeograph machines. Today, it offers graphic design, high-quality printing, copying, silk screening, embroidery, and many more services.

Businesses can find a full array of services on state-of-the-art technology at Jeff’s Digitex Printing, allowing them to design and print high-quality business cards, flyers or marketing material.

The new large-format printers allow customers to create large posters in full color on canvass, photo-quality print or paper.
But Jeff’s customers reach far beyond the business community. The silk screening and embroidering services brings in high school sports teams, individuals who want custom hats or T-shirts, and people creating personalized gifts like embroidered towels.
“The customer’s imagination is the only limiting factor,” said Jeff Christiansen.

Christiansen also owns two other businesses that are located in the Jeff’s Digitex Printing building. Susie’s Fallon Picture Framing offers high-quality framing, matting and laminating. Susie has been framing photos for 20 years, and is nationally certified in picture framing. And Spring Valley Rentals offers housing and storage unit rental services in the Fallon area.

For more information visit www.jeffscopyexpress.com.

Fallon Mayor Ken Tedford, Jr. recently signed a contract to sell a 31.5 acre parcel in the city’s New River Business Park to the 16,000 member-owned dairy cooperative based in Kansas City, MO. Construction of the $70-million milk processing facility will begin in May with a completion date planned for the summer of 2013.

The Fallon plant is expected to convert nearly 500 million pounds of milk per year into a dry milk powder product for worldwide distribution. This will greatly increase milk demand for local dairy farmers in Churchill, Lyon and Douglas counties, and will initially create 44 permanent plant operator jobs and hundreds of indirect jobs in the region. The plant will be one of only two of its kind in the world, and the first in North or South America.

The dairy plant construction will be the culmination of a lot of economic development work for the city. The city completed the New River Business Park in 2005 to help attract new businesses to the city, and stimulate local economic growth. The dairy plant will occupy a portion of the second phase of the business park.

Fallon welcomes the Dairy Farmers of America to town. And we look forward to the benefits to the Fallon economy that the new facility will bring.

The arts council will kick off 2012 with a Jan. 28 performance by the Patricia Barber Trio, a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient whose Fallon performance will be one of her few U.S. tour dates in 2012.

The performance will be representative of what the Churchill Arts Council has cultivated in Fallon since its formation in1985 — artistically brilliant performances by world-class talent in one of the West’s most unique theaters.

Painting, prose, performance art, music and film are all mixed into a compelling schedule of 2012 performances and permanent collections.
“We believe that Fallon and our audience deserves the very best that we can bring,” said Valerie Serpa, executive director of the arts council.

For more information on the Churchill Arts Council’s 2012 schedule, visit www.churchillarts.org or call (775) 423-1440.

Upcoming dates include:

• Patricia Barber Trio, Jan. 28
• February Film Series, Feb. 3, 10, 17
• Evening with the Arts, Mar. 3
• Conversations & Performance by The Hector Del Curto Quintet, April 14, 2012

In addition to a four-course dinner prepared by Ash, Steve Hernandez, chef and owner of The Slanted Porch, and Mark Davis, chef director of the International Culinary School at the Art Institute of California, San Francisco, the event features a performance by leading folk singer-songwriter Susan Werner.

The day includes a tour to Lattin Farms, a cooking demonstration by chef Ash, a light lunch, tour and tasting at Churchill Winery, and pre-show “conversation” with Miss Werner.

Dinner, which will be served in a beautifully appointed chalet in Oats Park surrounded by antique tractors, will be proceeded by wine and beer tasting. Local singer and artist, Jim Moore, will provide musical accompaniment during dinner.

Tickets are $125 per person. For more information go to www.tractorsandtruffles.com or call 423.4556.

A Churchill County native, Allen Dodson is one of the City of Fallon’s longest tenured employees, with nearly 25 years of service in the city’s water department.

“Dedicated, loyal, outgoing and meticulous, Dodson has always been available to work special events and takes on extra tasks willingly,” said Ryan Swirczek, public works superintendent for the City of Fallon. “He is always here when we need him. He’s happy to take on extra duties that don’t necessarily fall under his job description,” said Swirczek.

Dodson’s more than two decades with the city gives him a deep knowledge of the city’s water operations, which is reflected in the high quality of his work.

We congratulate Allen on this well deserved honor. If you see Allen around town, congratulate him on this recognition.

But each fall Lattin Farms becomes more than a source of good fruit and produce. Hay rides, a legendary corn maze, a pumpkin patch, cow trains and pick-your-own-produce are only a few of Lattin Farm’s Fall Festival offerings each October that make the farm an annual autumn tradition for Fallon families.

The Fall Festival events are held each Saturday in October, and are a perfect place to pick up pumpkins for Halloween, or take the kids out to enjoy the most memorable moments of fall.

Founded in 1860, Lattin Farms has a long history and a deep tradition of providing first-rate agriculture from Fallon’s fertile soil. Many local restaurants use Lattin Farm’s fresh fruits and vegetables in their recipes. And for many Fallon residents, a trip to the farm’s fall festival is an annual autumn rite of passage.

For more information on Lattin Farms’ Fall Festival, go to www.lattinfarms.com/events/fallfestival.html. If you know a business that would be a great candidate for the business spotlight please
email cityoffallon@gmail.com.