the choosing and was hauled off to be butchered. The selection process is continuing through Sunday amid vehement protests from the SSCS and other environmental groups. Caroline Kennedy, who was chosen as U.S. envoy to Japan last year, expressed on Twitter her deep concern about the awful practice of dolphin hunting, which she says the U.S. condemns. Twitter has a hashtag, #Tweet4Taiji, for tweeters expressing their outrage and condemnation of this yearly dolphin massacre. Comedian Ricky Gervais encouraged tweeters to use the hashtag to express their support of a creature beloved worldwide and admired for its keen intelligence. For its part, Japan says dolphin hunting is legal. According to the Wakayama Prefecture, dolphin hunters have been subject to continual psychological harassment from various animal protection agencies but theThe absence of a comprehensive pediatric oncology treatment center in northern Nevada presents an added level of crisis to what is already a financially and emotionally devastating fight for young patients and their families. AKF provides access to an otherwise unavailable, crucial community resource by providing the financial aid necessary for Nevada's youth and their families to travel to professional medical facilities, where they can receive highly specialized treatment unique to their type of cancer.

The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Nevada Mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported, one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

1976 marked the beginning of operations for the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows. The Club was formed and financed by local business