Museum hopes open house is visitation hat trick

There was a pretty good turnout at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center for a Family Day presentation on the Douglas Animal Welfare Group. Member Eloise Reed talked to a group of about 20 adults and children at the museum, which hosts a program and free entry on the first Saturday of most months. 'We do what we can to help the cats and dogs in our community,' she said. 'You can help by walking the dogs at the shelter or we have DAWG members looking to foster kitties.' Among the group's volunteers attending was Genoa resident Kathleen Swartz, who said they help fund the Douglas County Animal Shelter. 'It's so important because our county doesn't fully fund the animal shelter,' she said. 'The money we put in to meds and surgeries for animals that are in their care is over $60,000 a year. We do a lot of big fundraisers over the years.' Visit www.dawgrescue.com for more information. It was the second busy Saturday in a row at the museum, which hosted two decades of Douglas County High School graduates on Aug. 29. The museum is located in the old high school, which was built in 1916 and was expanded after voters approved a bond in 1955 that built what is now Carson Valley Middle School. Both buildings served until 1975, when Douglas High School opened in Minden. The Douglas County Historical Society is hoping to make it a third busy weekend in a row with an open house is scheduled 3-5 p.m. Saturday. The original date in August was postponed after it conflicted with the Tigers' opening football game against Clark High School. Issues with the Douglas County School District's budget have prompted concerns that there might be an effort to seek to overturn the 99-year lease with the Historical Society. The School Board approved seeking a report on the property. Visit historicnv.org for more information about the Douglas County Historical Society, which also operates the Genoa Courthouse Museum in Nevada's oldest settlement.