Dave Knows: Elko

The Elko Basque Festival is this weekend!  We missed it last year becuase we were at Disneyland.  Some of the events this year include:
Dance and Game Exhibitions on Friday night along with the fireworks display at the Fairgrounds
5k run/walk on Saturday morning
Parade
Handball competition
a Sheepherder Bread Baking contest
And I’m sure all the Chorizo you can eat.  [...]

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I love reading through the Police Log every few days on Elkodaily.com:
http://www.elkodaily.com/news/court_news/
Most of the time I don’t recognize anyone listed, but every now and then I see a familiar name, and chuckle a little inside.  And I’m not alone.  The “Police Log” pages are almost always listed high on the “Most popular stories” ranking on [...]

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The 23rd annual Elko Mining Expo is this week.  Today and Tomorrow are the big exhibit days for the public.  Last year my kids and I went home with quite a haul.  A big bag full of pens, hats, squishy tractor-shaped stress squeezers, all kinds of stuff.  It’s fun for the whole family.  More information [...]

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A 13-year-old Elko girl, Jacqueline Wickens, set a world record for her age group(12-13), deadlifting 308 pounds!
Las Vegas Sun article
If I tried to deadlift 300 pounds, I’ll bet all I’d get is a hernia. 

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