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$1.50 | TheEurekaCountyStar.com | Vol. 3 No. 43 | e Week of April 16, 2026
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Is this you? Entering Contests By Trina Machacek ere are those people who are lucky and those who are talented and those who are like me. Neither. But. Yes, a prize winning “but.” I enter contests like I am the luckiest, most talented person on planet earth. My thought process is that somebody has to win. Might as well be me, instead of Joe Blow from down the street. Even Ole Joe wins more contests than me. at’s funny since he’s a figment of my imagination. Yes, that’s how my winning streak goes. It shouldn’t surprise me when “THE WINNER IS” is announced and it, again, is Joe Blow from down the street. Winning again the annual basket of cookies, free meal for two, a hundred bucks or any number of prizes. In my head there’s an audible deflating of my bubble. I sigh, then start to blow that bubble back up. ere’s always another contest that will certainly, finally, absolutely call my name. I do not enter contests that ask me to pay to enter. How rude is that? It would be like me cooking my own dinner then giving myself a check to pay aer the meal. And expecting a tip too. ere are too many lotteries that send out their “WIN-WIN-WIN” flyers. A lot from our neighbor country to the north. If you have to pay to enter a contest, that’s called a lottery. Not to be confused with a raffle. Now a raffle I will happily buy tickets for. A raffle raises money for a good cause. It’s all about the cause. And here’s the story. Every New Year’s Eve here our local volunteer firemen have a raffle. A big one. ey sell tickets to raise money towards the cost of our 4th of July fireworks and street games the firemen organize. It’s all very home town. Both the 4th of July here and the New Year’s Eve raffle are highly anticipated and enjoyed. Over the years being business owners, my other half and I have donated prizes, bought tickets and even won a prize. Our luck met us with a fih of whiskey from a local bar. e bar was a little hole in the wall that, at that time, the 80’s, was known for being quite the party spot. Even though we had occasion to have a toddy occasionally we hadn’t enbibed in this bar. I knew Becky the owner from before either of us landed in Eureka. I knew many of the people who enjoyed the doings at the bar, but my other half was older and didn’t. e thing was, someone, he or I had to go in the bar to collect our winning fih. A few weeks into the new year we were in town and the bar was open and I had my little winning tag and mentioned we could zip in and get the bottle. He wasn’t in favor of that. He decided he would go in and pick it up. He felt out of his element for sure. Not that he was a prude, he was just out of his element. He grimaced and walked in while I waited in the truck. I don’t know what happened in there that aernoon, but he actually came out with a smile on his face. I’ll tell you what though, I know he thought his picture would be on the front page of our local little newspaper, with headline, “Mr. Machacek seen leaving local watering hole bar carrying a fih of whiskey…” It was a few years before I got up the courage to buy tickets again. at bottle of whiskey sat in our house for many years. I finally gave it to a guy named Scooter who owned another bar in town. I told him to add it to their inventory. Ah, the circle of the life of whiskey. e thing is that we all want to be winners. Bigger the better. I want to win the huge jackpots offered in casinos. All those bells and flashing lights really work to pull my change from my pockets while walking through the slot machines. Contests are everywhere. Even being on a game show. How cool would that be. ere was a traveling meat salesman, yes, a traveling meat salesman, who came through here once a month in the late 1990’s. He was a contest expert. He told me he won a trip to Hawaii on e Price Is Right. He even went back and won a car. A real winner. If you believed his stories. I did. Of course I even believed Melvin when he told me about meeting Howard Hughes—in the desert—and he was in Hughes’ will. Contest winner! Trina lives in Diamond Valley, north of Eureka, Nevada. She loves to hear from readers. Email her at itybytrina@yahoo. Really!
Easter Eggs Were Everywhere! Robin Blanco hosted another of her annual Easter Egg Hunts for area children. Prizes and candy and a golden egg. Robin said, “I couldn’t ever do this without a lot of help from everyone and the donation from the County Commissioners.” Aer a week of snow and rain and blow and cold, the clouds parted and the sun was bright and warm.
Grand Prize Winner Cole Sestanovich.
Robin’s crew were EGGcellent egg hiders.
TIDDLES-N-BITTLES Enjoy Nevada Every Day! Have you noticed our pinion pine trees? ey are in full bloom right now! If you get a chance to go in the mountains stop and look, especially towards the top the of our pinion pine trees. You don’t have to trappist in the hills. You can see them as you travel along the roads too. ey are as yellow as the daffodils of spring. And the wild flowers are grabbing this short window and showing off too.
Nevada Big Game Main Draw
Little Mermaid
e deadline to apply for the 2026-2027 Nevada Big Game Main Draw is May 13, 2026, at 11 p.m. PDT. is application period covers major species, including deer, elk, pronghorn, bear, and bighorn sheep.
Save the dates! e Missoula Children’s eater is coming back again this summer. e play will be e Little Mermaid. e group will hold auditions June 26th beginning at 10 a.m. at the Opera House. en the performance will be presented on July 3rd at 6 p.m. Want more information? Call Eureka’s Event Coordinator, Brenna at 775-931-4003.
Key ApplicAtion DAtes: • Application period: March 23 – May 13, 2026 • Deadline: May 13, 2026, 11 p.m. PDT • Draw Results Released: By May 29, 2026 • Second Draw Application Period: Expected to open aer the main draw results for leover tags.
IN THIS EDITION Senior Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Johnny’s Tech Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Our Little Ants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Worship Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 From Our Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Commissioners News & Notes . . . . . .5
Market Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Sheriff’s Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 News of Crescent Valley . . . . . . . . . . .5 Meetings, Courts & Arrests . . . . . . . . .6 Classified and Legal Ads . . . . . . . . . . .6 Business Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 April Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8