The Washoe County Law Library will host the free legal seminar “Bankruptcy” on Thursday, October 21, 2004. The seminar will be presented by Patricia Phair, Esquire. It is part of an ongoing series of monthly free community service seminars.

Washoe County is looking for poll workers to help staff polling places on November 2nd, during the 2004 general election.

Embarrassment about urinary incontinence can keep people from seeking the help they need to cope with these types of problems, according to Patrick Brumley, RN, Washoe County Community Visiting Nurse. Brumley will present information Tuesday, Sept. 28 in the monthly Wellness Series of Workshops offered by Washoe County’s Senior Services Department. The September workshop “Got to Go?” will cover the causes, treatments and techniques to deal with urinary incontinence.

In an effort to ward off catastrophic forest fires in the Tahoe Basin and the region, Washoe County Commissioners adopted a resolution today urging the federal government to increase and make available new funds for forest fuel reduction and forest health programs.

Adoption and foster services in Washoe County will be getting a boost next week when Wendy’s Northern Nevada Co-op partners with Washoe County Social Services in a Wendy’s Halloween Coupon Program.

Construction will begin this fall on the new regional animal shelter, despite a $2.8 million increase in construction costs. The Washoe County Commission decided at its meeting today that costs would only go higher if they waited for more bids on the project, so accepted the current lowest bid of $13.9 million for the facility.

After two and a half years of meetings, special workshops and information gathering, the updated Regional Water Management Plan will be presented in a public hearing tomorrow at the Washoe County Commission meeting.

Property owners can now find information about their parcels online through the Washoe County Assessor’s Office webpages. People now have direct access to the information without calling or writing to the Assessor’s office.

The Washoe County Registrar of Voters’ Office posted the final counts for the 2004 Primary election on its website at noon today after additional voting machine cartridges were retrieved. The County’s Election Certification Board is currently verifying the process and final results and is expected to provide official certification by tomorrow morning.

Washoe County Registrar of Voters Dan Burk reports that things appear to be going smoothly halfway through the first primary election day using touchscreen voting with a backup printed record. (The printed record is viewed under glass and retained by the County in case of a recount.) “There were a few anxious moments this morning as we turned on the machines and made sure everything was in proper working order,” Burk stated. “But everything seems to be running smoothly, and we’re getting positive feedback from the voters who appear to really like the new electronic voting.”

Washoe County Comptoller Kathy Garcia was selected as the 2003 Outstanding CPA in Government by the Nevada Society of Certified Public Accountants.

The Washoe County Law Library will host the free legal seminar “Using Mediation to Resolve a Dispute” on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004. The seminar will be presented by Trip Barthel, Executive Director of the Neighborhood Mediation Center. It is part of an ongoing series of monthly free community service seminars.