In this episode,  we’re joined by Miss Nevada, Taylor Blatchford. A lifetime Boulder City resident, Taylor won the title of Miss Nevada in Lake Tahoe last month and will compete in the Miss America Pageant this winter. She’s a longtime fan of beauty pageants and won the title in her most recent event. Her talent is amazing and she can make a violin sing like an angel. And her community service initiative hits home as Text 2 Regret focuses on helping teens understand the implications of online posts, the dangers of excessive screen time and the reality of the online world. She spoke with me at the Boulder City Podcast offices in July.

Welcome to the Boulder City Podcast. Today we’re joined by Li Schieff And Hava Brown, board members and on the staff of the Dam Short Film Festival, which is being held in Boulder City February 16-20. This is the 19^th edition of the festival, despite going virtual during the pandemic, it’s back in person for the first time since 2020. Logistics are a little different this year with the screenings being held at the Elaine K. Smith Center on Wyoming, but with mixers and the awards ceremony being held at various places around the town. They explain what it has taken to get the festival on its feet again and why the DSFF is considered to be in the top 1 percent of the more than 9,000 film festivals around the world. They spoke with host Roger Gros from the Dam Short Film Festival offices at the Boulder Dam Hotel.

Our guest this week is Taylour Tedder who was appointed as the city manager almost 18 months ago now and brings experience and professionalism to the job. Now that there is an entirely new city council, which had no input on his hiring, he describes how he’s getting the council members and new mayor ready for their new positions while understanding the role he plays as city manager. He talks about some of the challenges and opportunities facing Boulder City in the next few years and how he is increasing the communication between city government and the citizens.

This week’s podcast features Gary Baldwin, the founder and CEO of Elite RV Resorts, which has submitted plans for an RV resort—not a park—on land surrounding the Boulder Creek Golf Course. The project will bring more upscale folks to town in expensive RVs to take advantage of all BC has to offer. But there are some concerns in the community and Baldwin addresses them all.

Welcome to the Boulder City Podcast, where we feature discussions with the unique personalities we find in our small town. I’m your host Roger Gros, and today we resume our discussions begun during the primary last spring with the candidates for the City Council of Boulder City. We’re down to the last two candidates standing for one remaining seat in November’s general election. Today we sit down with Cokie Booth, a local realtor who ran for city council in 2020 and was narrowly defeated. She survived the primary and now faces off against James Howard Adams for the final seat on City Council.

This month we resume our discussions begun during the primary last spring with the candidates for the City Council of Boulder City. We’re down to the last two candidates standing for one remaining seat in November’s general election. Today we sit down with James Howard Adams who was elected to the council in 2019 and is running for re-election. A 27-year resident of Boulder City, Adams was swept into council in the elections of 2018-19 which saw all incumbents defeated. Now, he’s the last of those with a chance to remain on council.

This week we feature a special edition of the BC Podcast, a fascinating story about three local women who recently completed the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James, a 1000-mile pilgrimage across France and into Spain tracing the route that many have taken for almost 2,000 years. Pattie Avalos-Ruiz and Laura Ragan, both parishioners at St. Andrews Catholic Church and a friend Lacey Powers, who currently lives in Oregon, began their trek in late March in France, the least-utilized part of the trail, crossed the Pyrenees into Spain finally winding up at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain.

They explain about the adventure, the preparation, the hospitality of both French and Spanish households along the way and their favorite memories of the trip. The three will gather at St. Andrews church on August 27 at 10:00 a.m. to show photos and reflect on their journey.

Our guest today is Dr. Dawn Green, the president of Sunrise Rotary Club. Boulder City is fortunate to have two great Rotary Clubs that serve the community in a variety of different ways. The Sunrise Rotary has several missions throughout the year that contribute to its signature event, the Boulder City High School All Night Graduation Party. Sunrise holds the Würst Festival every September to help fund the party and Green explains how that happens. But Sunrise also helps stage the Damboree, Boulder City’s celebration of Independence Day featuring a parade, pancake breakfast, fireworks and more. The year is the 74^th edition of the Damboree. Green explains the history of Sunrise and how to become a member.

This week we wrap up our discussions with primary candidates for mayor and city council of Boulder City. Early voting starts on June 7  and election day is June 14. Last week, we sat down with Rose Marie Hess, a candidate for city council. Rose had scheduled the podcast several times but we kept missing each other and then she got Covid. Rose Marie is a business analyst for the city of Henderson. She is a longtime resident of Boulder City with her husband who was born here. She had two children in Boulder City schools and is president of the Boulder City Little League. She was recently appointed to the city Parks and Recreation Committee.

Denise Ashurst is a Republican candidate for Assembly in District 23. This isn’t part of our special election series where we interviewed most of the candidates for mayor and city council in Boulder City, but it is election related. Ashurst is a resident of the Boulder City who happens to be running for Assembly. Perhaps if she wins the primary and moves on to the general election, we’ll interview the two major party candidates. Ashurst is a former Air Force officer and founder of the Pride in Purity program where she helps to guide young women through the turbulence of growing up. She is getting off the sidelines because she’s not happy with the direction our state and nation are going and is dedicated to change. Ashurst spoke with BC Podcast host Roger Gros at her campaign headquarters on Hotel Plaza in Boulder City in May