Douglas County Commissioners voted 3-2 Thursday to deny a 109-foot sign advertising Max Baer Jr.’s Beverly Hillbillies Mansion and Casino at the northern end of the county. Chairman Kelly Kite and Jim Baushke voted in favor while commissioners Nancy McDermid, David Brady and Doug Johnson voted against the sign that has been debated a half dozen times.

Minden, Nevada (AP) - Douglas County commissioners early Friday gave narrow approval to allow Max Baer Jr. to build a hotel-casino in northern Douglas County that includes two 143-foot hotel towers. But commissioners postponed a decision on variances to allow a 200-foot oil derrick and huge reader board that Baer says is needed to draw visitors to his proposed Beverly Hillbillies resort. Baer played the dimwitted Jethro Bodine on the 1960s television sitcom.

Max Baer Jr., who as Jethro in the 1960s sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies" lived off his uncle Jed's oil riches, is hoping to strike it rich in the gambling market. Baer purchased a 2.5-acre parcel last week for a planned casino in north Douglas County for USD 1.2 million. The deal followed his recent sale of the old Wal-Mart building in nearby Carson City for USD 8.5 million.

Former television actor Max Baer Jr. plans to build a Jethro Bodine's casino just outside Carson City using his character rights from "The Beverly Hillbillies." As a result, the vacant former Wal-Mart where his last project was shot down could finally find a tenant.