attorney's office says it was back in july of 2012-- when john abrams brought the two-- to reno, with the intent to engage the girl in illegal sexual activity. the 50-year-old was convicted of two counts of kidnapping and one count of transporting a minor for illegal sexual activity. abrams faces a minimum of 30 years in prison. ### turning now to weather-- and another warm day in the truckee-meadows... but a change could be headed our way. chief meteorologist jeff thompson is here with a check of your forecast. jeff... temperatures will cool a bit over the weekend, but will still be well above average for late february. a couple of weak systems pushing by to our north will keep some clouds in the sky, with a healthy breeze blowingat times. the next best chance at widespread, measurable precipitation, does not materialize until the latter half of next week. -jeff saturday: partly sunny, with a high near 64. west wind around 5 mph. saturday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. southwest wind around 5 mph. sunday: partly sunny, with a high near 65. southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. sunday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. monday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 32. tuesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 65. tuesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 36. wednesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 68. wednesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 38. thursday: a slight chance of showers. partly sunny, with a high near 55. breezy. thanks, jeff. over the weekend, but will still be well above average for late february. a couple of weak systems pushing by to our north will keep some clouds in the sky, with a healthy breeze blowing at times. the next best chance at widespread, measurable precipitation, does not materialize until the latter half of next week. -jeff thanks, jeff. tmwa has a solution to the early snowmelt, flowing through our river right now... the utility is taking treating it... then pumping it into ground wells. the process recharges the aquifer to the tune of 1-point-three billion gallons a year. that's enough water for 8-thousand homes. "we come back to each of these well sites. we test them to see how much water they can take, and then we work with our team of maintenance people that we turn it around when the recharge season starts and we start putting it back down into the ground." the process is only done in the winter-- when there is a surplus of surface water. during the summer... the process is reversed... and water is pulled out of the ground, and used as regular drinking water. ### the funeral for nevada senator debbie smith-- will be this weekend. the service will be at sparks high school, on sunday at noon. smith died last sunday from brain cancer. her family asks that instead of flowers, donations are made in her name to the doctor marnie rose foundation, which supports brain tumor research. the democrat was was first elected to the and won a seat in the senate in 2012. she was 60 years old. ### students at virginia city high school are completing a project-- a vehicle which could take them from the comstock to an international competition at nasa's space camp. kolo 8 news now's ed pearce has the story. 00-:23 :23-:25 :25-:42 :42-:49 :49-1:10 it's a reasonable replica of nasa's human exploration rover, student designed and built. "we built it out of everything, anything we could find." a project that's consumed months of work here in rick schrank's shop class. today it was rolled out for its first test drive dohoney: "it didn't have the turning radius we would like to have." the steering will be sorted out over the next month or so, but the independent suspension worked well. it will have to to handle the challenging terrain of camp in huntsville, alabama. they'll be going up against high schools and colleges from across the globe. schrank: "you know it gets our kids from virginia city, nevada isolated on top of this hill to huntsville, alabama to an international setting. it's the most awesome all-around school project that i've seen in 27 years of teaching." there's still work to be done, but there's confidence in this buggy and the team that put it together. rick schrank, teacher: "when you have a kid who's using tools to build a car from scratch and then go compete with it against other kids from around the world. it just doesn't get better than that." ed pearce kolo 8 news now. another local school is also entered. the academy of arts, career and engineering has also done well in the past. we'll let you know how both schools do. bishop manogue students once again took part in a kindness project... that ended with a big surprise for one unsung hero on campus. for the last month, bishop manogue students took part in the "dude be nice" inspired kindness project. students performed ramdon acts of kindness today the students surprised an unsuspecting person on campus... the school custodian. "i don't know how they kept the secret we're talking about high school kids." "we actually told him he was doing it for another, we we're going to be doing it for another him setting up the stage because it's for him, and yet he did it anyways which is just brian and how nice of a guy he is" the kids call brian-- superman... because his everyday good deeds, fly under the radar. they even gave him a cape. in addition to the big surprise, brian will enjoy a long weekend in las vegas... with tickets to some of the vegas shows. ### if you're looking for affordable home goods, or maybe a unique treasure... the physician spouses rummage sale has something for everyone... and it gets started tomorrow. and, a puppy is desperately in need of a life-saving surgery... and you can help. so what kind of tomorrow, and into the rest of the week? we will have a closer look at our forecast...and what you to come...right after the break. temperatures have been pretty mild here over the past couple of days. but on monday, things are gonna cool off a little bit. we'll take a temperatures and the trend for next week. good morning reno starting bright and early monday morning at 4:30 am. "you're watching kolo 8 news now at 6:30, with sarah johns, noah bond, weather with meteorologist jeff thomspon, and sports with josh little. this is kolo 8 news now at 6:30." chief meteorologist complete forecast. temperatures will cool a bit over the weekend, but will still be well above average for late february. a couple of weak systems pushing by to our north will keep some clouds in the blowing at times. the next best chance at widespread, measurable precipitation, does not materialize until the latter half of next week. -jeff saturday: partly sunny, with a high near 64. west wind around 5 mph. saturday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. southwest wind around 5 mph. sunday: partly sunny, with a high near 65. southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. sunday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. monday: mostly sunny, with a high near 61. monday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 32. tuesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 65. tuesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 36. wednesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 68. wednesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 38. thursday: a slight chance of showers. partly sunny, with a high near 55. breezy. temperatures will cool a bit over the weekend, but will still be well above average for late systems pushing by to our north will keep some clouds in the sky, with a healthy breeze blowing at times. the next best chance at widespread, measurable precipitation, does not materialize until the latter half of next week. -jeff saturday: partly sunny, with a high near 64. west wind around 5 mph. saturday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. southwest wind around 5 mph. sunday: partly sunny, with a high near 65. southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. sunday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. monday: mostly sunny, with a high near 61. monday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 32. tuesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 65. tuesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 36. wednesday: mostly sunny, with a high near 68. wednesday night: partly cloudy, with a low around 38. thursday: a slight chance of showers. partly sunny, with a high near 55. breezy. be well above average for late february. a couple of weak systems pushing by to our north will keep some clouds in the sky, with a healthy breeze blowing at times. the next best chance at widespread, measurable precipitation, does not materialize until the latter saturday: partly sunny, with a 5 mph. saturday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. southwest wind around 5 mph. sunday: partly sunny, with a high near 65. southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. sunday night: mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. monday: mostly sunny, with a puppy and you would never think anything could be wrong with him... ...but this happy puppy needs a life-saving surgery... and he needs your help. for news while you're on the go, listen to our newscast partner, "nats" this little guy was turned in to the nevada human society after someone noticed he couldn't eat and hold food down. the shelter took a closer look and discovered donner has a birth defect called mega esophagus. it prevents him from swallowing food properly. it could be deadly - but he doesn't show it. personality. he's at that point where he needs a nap now. but he is sweet and friendly. he just wants to be held and of course he has rambunctious activity too of a puppy. " donner is heading to u-c davis to get a surgery that will save his life. then he will return to the nevada humane society to recover... and eventually find his forever home. the procedure isn't cheap, so the shelter is looking for donors who can help cover donner's medical bills. you'll find more information about how you can help on kolo- tv-dot-com under hot topics. the 65th annual physicians spouses rummage sale gets under way at the exhibit hall next to the livestock events center tomorrow. this event raises more than 50-thousand dollars-- for nursing scholarships and local non profits. the average customer-- concentrates on one of a kind items and prices. departments include sporting goods, womens and mens clothing, a children's department, "burning man does well. we have things that are really hard t osell at a rummage sale, such as a huge toole bridal slip. but you know, combine that with a purple lace bra and you've got a burning man outfit." the doors open at eight can expect a line. there's a three dollar entry fee. the best items will go plenty to choose from. looking for a perfect summer job? the reno aces is tomorrow. it's going on from 10 in the morning to two in the afternoon at the aces ballpark. jobs available are ushers, ticket-takers, event security and valet parking. if you're interested and are over 18 years old applications are available at kolo-tv- dot-com... under hot topics. you can also pick one up at the aces security office monday through friday. a busy second day of the state tournament semifinal games all over with a berth in the state championship up for a berth in the state title game on the line tonight in the three lower divisions... and a couple of teams have already punched their ticket yerington taking on mountain view in the division 3 semifinals. chris brown gets around his defender. later -- daniel sciarani -- eye patch and all! -- basket and the foul! yerington trying to pull away. and then it's koby foster climbing the ladder and throwing it down!. yerington moves on to the championship game, 52-46 lovelock taking on the meadows in the other semifinal... a battle of mustangs!... lovelock cpomes out firing!>.. william gattrell from nba range... he hit three of those... a game-high 16 points... this is a great move... marcus nester... pump-fake, spin...fade- away... nester chipped in 13... but the meadows pulls away... max hisatake scored 14 points... they win 63-54.. they face yerington in the title game to division i-a... south tahoe taking on desert pines.. vikings on the attack... blake blocker...follows the blockers all the way in for the score... he had 5 points... then it's the other team captain... denzel perez...the drops.. but desert pines was too much... capri uzon had 16 points... south tahoe is eliminated 53-33 over on thr girls side... fallon taking on spring valley.. perfect inbounds play by the greenwave... leta otuafi does the rest... she had 9 points... great save and feed here by the other otuafi... finds megan mccormick inside... she had a team-high 17 points... then leilani otuafi sets up herself!... she hits the three... but spring valley was too much... the grizzlies win 64-52... the greenwave finish the season 26-2 overall to division three... incline taking on agassi prep some great team ball by the highlanders... the give-and-go with taylor redfern... she had a game-high 22 points.. incline having no trouble with the press defense... great passing finds harden suter for the hoop and the foul... all game... kira porter gets loose... saturday: partly sunny, with a high near 64. west wind around with a low around 33. southwest wind around 5 mph. sunday: partly sunny, with a this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants -- an emergency physician from laguna beach, california... an author from atlanta, georgia... and our returning champion, a naval officer from virginia beach, virginia... whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! hi, ladies and gentlemen. our "jeopardy!" players have been riding a hot reak in recent weeks with many, many wins of well over $25,000. chris, a case in point on yesterday's show. david and bill, good luck asou challenge him. here we go into the jeopardy! round. and here are your categories. first off... followed by... and finally... chris, you start. we're gonna have to do literary military for $200. david. what is "mash"? that's the book.