When the boats returned ashore after conducting hours of gazing during the annual bald eagle count on lakes Mead and Mohave Jan. 11, the numbers were anything but good, but that was because near-severe weather conditions hampered the count.
During the next week, under calmer conditions, parts of the survey were repeated and 87 bald eagles made up the final count, which was the largest number ever recorded.
Last year and in 2005, the number was 67, in 2004 it was 60, in 2003 it was 68 and in 2002 -- the previous record year for eagle counts -- the number was 79.
The strong numbers are expected to result in the bald eagle being removed from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's threatened species list, perhaps as early as this year.
ELECTIONS
City primary features 14 candidate names
In what has been called the most names on a municipal ballot, 14 residents are vying for the two Boulder City Council seats and the mayor's position, which are up for grabs at the April 7 primary and June 5 general elections.
There are 10 names -- Myreen Aschenbach, Beverly Burke, Karla Burton, Travis Chandler, Dean Collins, Kathey Ditzler, Diane Hutchings, Frederick McDonald, Wayne Mrozinski and Linda Strickland -- on the council side and four names -- Roger Harris, Gary Kallam, Mike Pacini and Roger Tobler -- on the mayoral side.
Assuming no one candidate gets 50 percent of the vote in the primary, the two top vote-getting mayoral and the top four council candidates will advance to the June election.
NEW BUSINESS
Brewpub to open, gets final licenses
Boulder Dam Brewing Co. received approval from the Clark County Board of Commissioners in January and the U.S. Department of Treasury's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms last week for the manufacture of beer products, which allows the brewpub to open tomorrow on the corner of Arizona Street and Nevada Way.
The county's approval stems from a Nevada Department of Taxation and Boulder City request for the county to issue a manufacturer's license.
On Dec. 4, Boulder Dam Brewing received a Class B-1 cocktail limited and a D-1 package limited liquor license from the Boulder City licensing board for its operation at 453 Nevada Way.
RED MOUNTAIN MUSIC
Fundraiser planned for Summerlin resort
A dinner and two auctions -- one silent and one live -- to benefit the Red Mountain Music Company is planned for Feb. 23 at the JW Marriott on Rampart Boulevard in Summerlin.
The event, the fourth annual fundraiser gala called "Coming Together," will honor longtime Las Vegas gaming figure Claudine Williams. Festivities start at 5:30 p.m. and will feature the musical talents of RMMC's David and Jeffrey Skouson.
Plates are $130 with tables of 10 at $1,200.
Reservations are required and must be purchased by Friday. For more information, call 293-7553.
SPECIAL EVENTS
BCHS Booster Club to hold bingo night
Boulder City High School's Mardi Gras Bingo night will be held Feb. 20 as a means to generate funds for the booster club, which is sponsoring the event along with the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce.
The event starts at 6 p.m. and will run for two hours in the high school cafeteria.
Tickets are $1 each and may be purchased in advance at the chamber offices at 465 Nevada Way during regular business hours.
TRANSPORTATION
RTC approves change for bike path dollars
The Regional Transportation Commission last week approved a new policy that could mean as much as $160,000 a year to Boulder City so it can maintain its 20-or-so miles of bike paths.
The future payment possibility was contained in a policies and procedures amendment to the RTC's Bicycle-Pedestrian Element of its transportation plan.
The reimbursement program allows for payment of up to $8,000 per mile for maintenance activities within the "off-street shared use path," including pavement markings, signs and safety lighting associated with the path. Resurfacing is also an allowable expense, but the project requires RTC inspection and approval first.
Not covered under the payback program are lighting (except for safety purposes), power cost, water expenses, benches, drinking fountains and other amenities.
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