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Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

As regular readers might recall, I’ve got a beautiful young baby at home. Clyde just turned 9 months. He’s crawling and standing, but not quite walking. He’s laughing and babbling, but not quite talking. He’s so sweet it makes my goddamn heart hurt.

When I spend time with the baby, I like to put on something calming, soothing and familiar.

But maybe with just enough excitement to sustain occasional interest. For us, it’s been a lot of baseball, Star Trek and the Grateful Dead. If that trifecta isn’t just a classic Dad Time starter pack, I don’t know what is.

Now, mind you, we’re not actively watching those things very closely. No noses up to the screen. Just something on in the corner of the room while Clyde and I play with toys, or read picture books, or smear mashed-up fruits and vegetables all over ourselves.

He responds well to music.

He smiles and bobs. He usually likes stuff with a strong beat and clear melody—but some of those long Dead jams are great for naptime. Nothing takes him away to dreamland quite as happily as a long drive while listening to a gently psychedelic version of “Dark Star” or something.

And he likes the bright colors and wooshing sound effects of Star Trek. He totally ignores baseball, but we’ve gone to one Aces game and one Giants game, and he had fun both times we were at the ballpark.

Anyway. After a long workday, I can’t think of anything else I’d like to write about it.

I just love that little guy so much. And it’s just painful for me to be away from him for any longer than a couple of hours.

Re “Savior” (cover story, Aug. 30): There is a painful—almost humiliating—absence of foundational context to your cover piece: a conveniently selective timeline. You white males who author get to decide when the sob story starts—with but a lightning-quick tip of the hat to the Washo tribe, which any reader could have missed should they have blinked! (And no mention of the many other tribes who met a fate far worse than a bad driver from the Bay Area.)

Go back just a few generations before this story conveniently picked up. Europeans and settlers moving West systematically and mercilessly slaughtered the real “We were here first” crowd, allotted them some shitty land, and now find it necessary to pontificate like young babes about what ever shall they do about Californians.

And even more disorienting is the editor’s preface of “I am a Nevadan of at least two generations, so don’t look at me!” just before this editorial attempting to pose as an unbiased report which reminds readers that designation of “the other” is dangerous, yet in the editor’s letter he takes pains to ID himself, and the paper, as explicitly non-other.

I moved here with my family from California. We were pushed out of there only after we were pushed out of the Brooklyn neighborhood in which I was raised and could no longer afford to live in.

We came here not to live, but to survive.

We work hard, we are involved in the community—including as volunteers—and are by no means affluent. And according to your article, Nevadans were riding the coattails of Californians’ gambling habits until they weren’t. In my world travels, this reminds me of countries that claim to hate the U.S. until they need us to rescue them.

We are having the wrong conversation here. If you have been on this planet for more than five minutes you know that

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change is inevitable. Yes, Reno and Nevada as a whole are changing and will always change. Instead of fighting a losing battle, let’s talk about how we will handle that change. The housing situation is going to worsen. So will other things. And other things will get better. Let’s work on that as a community—something California never did—rather than pointing fingers and ignoring the history of humanity: We migrate.

We will all one day be brown as we once were, and cultures change.

I’m sure Labor Day sales apply to tissues.

Jane Dornemann Reno

A step too far Re “The next step” (letters, Aug 30): To quote, “Imagine, if you will, a man sitting alone in his Oval Office, trousers undone,” Stop! You got me! I’m thinking of and picturing Bill Clinton. Is he waiting for someone to come in or simply relaxing after someone just left? Do I need to read the rest of this letter?

Thom Waters Reno

Horse sense Re “Best of Northern Nevada” (cover story, Aug. 9): On behalf of all wild horse advocates and the wild horse of the Virginia Range, I want to personally thank you and your staff for the beautiful, amazing work of art depicting our hero, Velma Johnston, a.k.a. Wild Horse Annie. The artwork is beautiful, and the halo around her head while holding an orphan foal is exactly the way Annie should be shown.

Her nickname was originally given her by her opponents in Congress as a derogatory name. They were mocking her and trying to make a nasty joke, but the name fit, and it stuck.

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monumental national work she did. Even Marilyn Monroe understood the great work Anne did, and starred in a movie with Clark Gable, filmed in and around the Reno area.

I was equally impressed with Jaxon Northon’s write-up, and pleased that he got the story correct. I was 11 years old in 1971 and sent my pennies to Wild Horse Annie’s group and also sent my letters to Congress, as she requested of children at that time.

We thank the RN&R for doing what, really, no other mainstream paper would do—honor the original wild horse advocate, Velma Johnston. Thank you again from all wild horse advocates here on the Virginia Range, and the horses, too.

Kelly Hyatt Reno

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By matt bieker

How do you stay healthy?

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I’m trying to cut out fast food. I walk my dog for about an hour every day. That’s about it for right now. I try to make it to the gym every once in a while.

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We try to eat right as much as we can. We go up to the lake on the weekends during the summer, and so we go wakeboarding and skiing, and we try to spend as much time outdoors on the weekends as we possibly can.

This area makes that so easy.

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An adult for president In the third 1960 presidential debate, Richard Nixon said, “One thing I’ve noted as I’ve traveled around the country are the tremendous number of children who come out to see the presidential candidates. I see mothers holding their babies up, so that they can see a man who might be president of the United States. … It makes you realize that whoever is president is going to be a man that all the children of America will either look up to, or will look down to.”

What do children today think of Donald Trump?

Trump has blighted Nevada many times over the years, particularly while he was an alleged businessperson. He once visited Reno while considering buying Bally’s Hotel Casino (now the Grand Sierra Resort). It was easy in those days for his cronies to conceal his flaws. Surrounded by flacks, he was able to perpetuate his Art of the Deal persona. But in the glare of the presidential campaign spotlight and then the presidency itself, his childishness is right there for all to see. He was back in Nevada earlier this year to campaign for Dean Heller, a Republican who Trump once publicly threatened. Heller is opposed by Democrat Jacky Rosen, a candidate about whom Trump knows nothing. In that schoolyard habit of his, Trump made up a name for her—“Wacky Jacky.” How do parents hold up this president to their children as an example of anything?

Think of how, say, President Eisenhower inspired children.

What must children think of a “president” who is as childish as they are?

And even more, how can a parent with a daughter vote for Donald Trump, given his view of women? This is

particularly true of parents of adolescent girls, old enough to understand politics. What message do their parents send to those girls by giving Trump their blessing?

If Trump were at least accomplishing something, that would be something to discuss. Instead, his failures are all around us but ignored by U.S. journalists preoccupied by his gaffes and strange behavior. Policy gets missed except in the journalism of other democracies—such as Britain, where the conservative Economist called the Singapore summit a victory for Kim Jong Un: “The master negotiator seems to have no clue how to haggle with North Korea.”

Trump’s immaturity is doing both the political system and the Republican Party serious damage, which is a source of concern for those who believe that strong, competitive parties lead to good policy.

Former U.S. senator Gordon Humphrey of New Hampshire is one of the Republicans who opposes Trump: “I am ever more confirmed in my belief that Trump is a sociopath, without a conscience or feelings of guilt, shame or remorse.” We’re not wild about this kind of informal psychological analysis. Still, it unnerves us. Two things we remember about sociopaths is that they are capable of terrible things—and they are immature.

Nixon said presidents should see to it “that whenever any mother or father talks to his child, he can look at the man in the White House and, whatever he may think of his policies, he will say, ‘Well, there is a man who maintains the kind of standards personally that I would want my child to follow.’” Most children come closer to meeting that standard than this supposedly adult politician. Ω

Definitely diet. I’ve been trying to adopt a [ketogenic] lifestyle with less processed foods and—I’m not real good at it—fewer grains. We just had a great breakfast down the road that included some English muffins. Gentle exercise. ... Maybe cycling. Take lots of supplements, green juices and red juices.

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I used to try intermittent fasting for a while, but I got sick one day, and, yes, it didn’t really mix well. Besides that, I used to work out regularly, but that hasn’t been happening so much lately. ... Right now, I guess I’m just taking care of my diet. That’s about it. Mostly just keto.

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It’s a continuous challenge. I wish I was more careful, to be honest with you. Not just for me, but for the people around me and family. But other than that, it’s really just an ongoing deal as you get a little older.

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by SHEILA LESLIE

Grab is dead in the water to existing water law that favors their position into a bill at the last minute of a legislature, hoping their opponents overlook it until it’s too late. They are likely to appeal King’s decision with legions of highly-paid lawyers, but don’t be surprised if they start hiring every powerful lobbyist they can find for the 2019 Nevada Legislature to change Nevada’s water law so the pipeline can proceed.

Skirmishes between SNWA and water activists are legendary, on the battlefields of the courts and the legislature alike. After one particularly contentious year, Susan Lynn, then spokesperson for the Great Basin Water Network, encapsulated SNWA’s long-term strategy perfectly when she said, “They’re waiting for us to move and die off.”

In 2019, SNWA will be prepared to launch another protracted fight.

As a legislator, I experienced the wrath of the SNWA lobbying corps numerous times, even for environmentally-friendly bills such as allowing gray water usage, a measure demanded by citizens who

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wanted to conserve valuable water resources and reduce energy costs. SNWA effectively squashed arguments in favor of the bill and after a long hearing, successfully torpedoed it.

One session, I introduced a bill with my colleague Assm. Peggy Pierce to require the state engineer to adopt goals for water conservation in all Nevada counties, provide a process and funding to clarify the status of existing water rights and require public hearings on any inter-basin water transfers.

We also wanted to conduct a water resource inventory and create an interim committee to continue to explore water allocation and management in Nevada.

The bill didn’t get very far, but that didn’t stop SNWA from ridiculing our efforts and publicly punishing us for daring to oppose them. They put labor leaders at the forefront of the opposition, especially those whose obsession with construction jobs blinded them to the values held by many of their rank-andfile members who love to fish, hunt and

recreate on Nevada’s backlands. One bombastic labor leader grew incredibly angry when we wouldn’t immediately drop the bill on his request. That afternoon he chased me down a hallway in the legislative building yelling, “I’ll make sure you never get elected to anything again!” before cooler heads intervened and pulled him away to calm down.

In 2019, legislators must be vigilant and very wary of changing Nevada’s water statutes, which have balanced the interests of different regions of the state for more than 100 years. A decision the legislature makes in a fleeting moment could destroy our most pristine land and saddle Clark County taxpayers with a multi-billiondollar debt for water importation.

Although politicians love to quote Mark Twain as saying, “Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over,” researchers have not been able to authenticate the statement.

That hasn’t stopped the politicians of course. Sort of like SNWA. Ω

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A recent crucial regulatory decision favored the good guys in Nevada’s interminable water wars. State Engineer Jason King ruled against the plan by the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) to import groundwater through a 300-mile pipeline in Eastern Nevada to feed the rapacious thirst of Las Vegas.

King’s decision to deny all water rights applications for the water grab was hailed as a tremendous victory for the odd folks coalition of activists, a coalition featuring progressive conservationists, conservative ranchers and farmers, tribal leaders and their members, rural county commissioners and people of all political stripes who recreate in the pristine desert and range of Eastern Nevada, who have worked since 1989 to thwart the water thieves.

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by Dennis Myers

Journalism vs. public safety?

Ever wonder why mass shootings became so common? The Columbia Journalism Review reported this week that there is a “growing body of contagion effect research” that indicates news coverage is endangering the public.

A focus on the shooters is particularly frowned upon by scholars of contagion effects. Interestingly, a comment by University of Oregon journalism professor Nicole Dahmen about the Washington Post’s coverage of the Jacksonville shooter at a video game tournament could also be applied to the Las Vegas concert shooter: “The article reads like a glorified celebrity profile. Why does it give us eight paragraphs of what a celebrity, high-profile gamer he is?”

Following the Las Vegas shooting, coverage of the shooter was very heavy, even in Reno where news crews closely followed the search of his home in the Somersett neighborhood.

CJR reported that the copycat effect that some journalists have trivialized has been well documented.

“A 2015 study by a group of Arizona State University researchers found that, after a public mass killing involving firearms, the probability of another such attack increased for the next 13 days.”

The Washington Post declined to be interviewed, but Los Angeles Times managing editor Scott Kraft told CJR, “As journalists, we’re in the business of collecting information and publishing information. Knowing who the perpetrators of these mass shootings are, what motivated them, those things are important for the public to know.”

But Western New Mexico University psychology professor Jennifer Johnston said the news coverage doesn’t provide that: “We have hundreds of stories of these young men.

There is nothing new to report. There are no new amazing secrets. It’s a copycat kind of choice they make, to escape from one’s pain and to exact revenge on those who wronged them.… I know that journalists want to report the who, what, when, where and why, but I just don’t think it matters who did it, except in a court of law.”

Last month, after Las Vegas Metropolitan Police closed its investigation of the shooting, National Public Radio reporter Vanessa Romo wrote, “Police investigating the October 2017 deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas said they’ve been able to answer the ‘who, what, when, where and how’ of the massacre, but as the end of the probe was announced on Friday, officials still could not explain the ‘why.’”

fact off The Sparks Nugget sent out a large (6-by-9-inch) “Neighborhood impact advisement” postcard to Sparks residents in advance of the Rib Cook-Off. Three times—twice on the front, once on the back—it gave the date of that impact as Aug. 29 to Sept 3.

Those are the dates of the Cook-Off. Only those who closely read the text on the back noticed that the impact was actually defined—just once—as “2 p.m.

Friday, August 24 through 4 p.m. Tuesday, September 4.” In other words, this six-day event closes the downtown for 11 days. Vendors claim they need four days to get set up.

—Dennis Myers

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Republican Senate candidate Dean Heller won Koch brothers support after changing his health care stance.

PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS

Muddle Where do campaign contributions end and bribery begin? the death of John mccain and the Nevada U.S. Senate campaign contain reminders of the way the U.S. political system has been the target of lavish campaign spending that is distinguished from bribery only by the use of the term campaign contributions.

In his 2010 reelection when he faced a rough primary from a right wing candidate, McCain disappointed his supporters in both parties. He stopped talking about climate change. He switched sides on immigration (he had co-sponsored a major bill with Edward Kennedy), praising Arizona’s anti-migrant law. He switched sides on “Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell.” He reversed his position on the 2008 bailouts and—of all things—on campaign finance reform, a signature McCain issue.

McCain believed a corrupting campaign finance system was basic to the political polarization and dysfunction the nation has experienced, and to many his conduct in 2010 proved it.

Several U.S. Supreme Court decisions have fostered the similarity between bribes and campaign contributions: • Buckley vs. Valeo, holding that money is speech and overturning limitations on contributions to candidates for federal office.

• McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, invalidating cumulative limits on campaign contributions, allowing the rich to pour unlimited sums into campaigns.

•Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, which said corporations are persons entitled to first amendment protection and thus can spend as much as they want in campaigns.

“We now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption,” Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in Citizens United.

Well, let’s see.

The billionaire polluters, the Koch brothers, have a political agenda. They oppose efforts to protect against climate change, but they support trial lawyers’ interests and criminal justice changes.

But they have a particular dislike of the Affordable Care Act. They formed at least four political committees to oppose enactment of the ACA and then to impede its implementation and support candidates who oppose it.

On June 23, 2017, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada said of one ACA repeal measure, “This bill would mean a loss of coverage for millions of Americans and many Nevadans. I’m telling you right now, I cannot support a piece of legislation that takes insurance away from tens of millions of Americans, and hundreds of thousands of Nevadans.”

That stance was helpful to his fellow Republican, Gov. Brian Sandoval, who had established a state exchange for the ACA and has expanded the Medicaid rolls.

For months, Heller threaded a needle on the issue that drew criticism from left and right. He endured a humiliating scene when, seated beside Donald Trump, he heard Trump threaten him publicly.

“This was the one we were worried about,” Trump said. To Heller: “You weren’t there. But you’re going to be.

You’re going to be.”

Then, to the audience: “Look, he wants to remain a senator, doesn’t he?”

An alliance of conservatives headed by the Kochs said they had assembled a war chest whose purpose was to protect Republican senators—but only those who had voted against the ACA. By autumn of 2017, Heller and Sandoval were on opposite sides of an ACA repeal measure sponsored by Sens.

Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy.

On March 16, 2018 Trump asked Heller’s opponent in the Republican Senate primary to withdraw from the race, which he did, giving Heller a free ride in the GOP primary.

On April 5 in Clark County, Heller spoke to a closed meeting of the Nevada Republican Men’s Club, whose meetings are normally open. According to a recording of that meeting leaked to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Heller said he supported repeal of the ACA and blamed other senators for preventing its repeal.

“If we have 51 Republicans that will vote to repeal and replace, it will happen,” he said. “We need 51 votes. And

right now we know there’s three votes we’re missing for that 51—John McCain, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski.”

That was a reference to the July 28, 2017 “skinny repeal” measure that would have repealed part of the ACA. Heller voted for it.

At that time, Heller also had a non-binding resolution of his own that endorsed Medicaid expansion under the ACA. He also said he had his own plan that would leave the ACA in place but would in part end Medicaid’s open-ended entitlement. But it would also have cut funding to Nevada. Heller claimed the state would actually get more money, but he said it in a written statement and no follow-up questions could be answered.

By August this year, Heller was trumpeting the damage he and other Republicans had been able to do to the ACA: “We did eliminate the [individual] mandate. We did get some of the taxes. I did push back and postpone the Cadillac tax and some of those issues.”

Last month, the Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity PAC started running ads in Nevada supporting Heller.

At the beginning of 2017, Heller was committed to preserving most of the ACA, and the Kochs said they were not supporting him.

Now, Heller has largely abandoned the ACA, and the Kochs are advertising for him.

Heller is hardly the only politician is this position. Shifts of position can be—and have been—shown to align with campaign money about other figures in both political parties.

U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson of Alabama: “The Supreme Court needs to address this issue and provide guidance to the lower courts, prosecutors, politicians, donors

and the general public. … Much ink has been spilled over the contours of campaign finance law. Far less attention has been paid to what actually constitutes a ‘bribe’.”

The Supreme Court has addressed it, but not in the way Thompson wished. The difficulty is seen in the prosecution for bribery of Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski in Pennsylvania this year for alleged pay-to-play payments involving city contracts that his lawyers said were campaign contributions.

During the trial, the Allentown Morning Call reported, “Adding to the hurdles prosecutors must clear is a nearly 30-year-old Supreme Court decision that sets a higher standard for proving bribery in cases like Pawlowski’s involving campaign contributions.”

In 2016 the U.S. Supreme Court overturned bribery convictions of former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife. There was speculation the ruling would pave the way for overturning numerous public corruption cases already decided. When the case of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, accused of bribery, ended in a hung jury, causing a mistrial, the Justice Department decided against a retrial because of the Supreme Court ruling in the McDonnell case. During the case, Menendez’s lawyers had cited both Citizens United and McCutcheon in their efforts to have the case dismissed.

In 1978, an unsigned note in the Harvard Law Review read in part, “Though federal law prohibits the offenses of bribery and gratuity, the statutory language does little to set these offenses apart from the giving or receiving of legitimate campaign contributions and has left courts—and later Congresses—to cope with the problems of drawing a clear distinction.” Ω

Don’t look up here

What can one say in a photo caption about a distracting sign over the freeway to tell people not to be distracted?

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Fan fare Fanny Bridge replacement A popular Lake Tahoe landmark in Tahoe City and frequent traffic chokepoint will soon be a much different place.

Fanny Bridge, named such for the frequent scene of the posteriors of folks leaning over its railing to gaze at fish swimming below, is now the focal point of one of Lake Tahoe’s most significant transportation upgrades.

“This is a keystone project in that it addresses a number of needs,” said Carl Hasty, executive director of the Tahoe Transportation District, lead agency in the State Route 89/Fanny Bridge Revitalization Project.“There are not a lot of these kind of improvements taking place around Lake Tahoe.”

Located at Lake Tahoe’s outlet to the Truckee River and just downstream of the Lake Tahoe Dam, Fanny Bridge carries Highway 89 traffic headed west toward Truckee and east into downtown Tahoe City and Highway 28 toward Nevada.

Officials say replacing the two-lane concrete structure, now 90 years old, has long been overdue.

The bridge is often the scene of stopand-go gridlock. During peak summertime periods, northbound traffic can back up for miles, making for decidedly tedious travel and frustrated residents and visitors alike.

There are conflicts as well. Heavy automobile traffic is joined by lines of bicyclists and legions of pedestrians, many of them there to check out the big trout often seen swimming in the swirling blue pools between the bridge and dam.

“It can get pretty messy at times, that’s for sure,” Hasty said of a situation that can pose significant safety hazards.

by JeFF DeLong

A $35 million revitalization project is designed to replace the existing Fanny Bridge while diverting much of Highway 89’s traffic over a second bridge being built downstream.

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“It’s an iconic bridge,” said Peter Kraatz, assistant public works director for Placer County, another key project sponsor.

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rina Olsen arrived at Hug High School in the fall of 2016. A 22-year Washoe County School District employee, she advanced from a long-term, board-certified teacher into an administrative position as a dean of students at two different high schools where she oversaw discipline and school safety.

She had a history of positive evaluations and no disciplinary actions. Olsen said she started at Hug High School as an assistant principal with no issues.

Then came the 14-year-old student who arrived at Hug armed with knives and was critically injured when he was shot by a school police officer. The Reno Police Department has yet to release a final report nearly two years later, according to school district spokesperson Victoria Campbell.

After the incident, Olsen said her position at Hug devolved into a Kafkaesque ordeal where she raised concerns about campus safety, lack of student discipline, and she begged for help and assistance to meet job demands. She said her concerns were repeatedly ignored.

She was ultimately fired from the district after what she and her attorney call false allegations by her immediate

supervisor, then Hug Principal Lauren Ford, and a recommendation for dismissal by her area superintendent, Roger Gonzalez.

Gonzalez suggested that she file formal complaints about the conditions at Hug, then later recommended her termination, using her complaints as part of the reason for her firing.

By July of 2017, she was placed on administrative leave, and remained on leave for a year, at a cost to the district of about $120,000. She said she waited for months to get basic information about her position and to this day waits for an expedited and legally required arbitration by an impartial third party.

Throughout the saga, Olsen said that the district violated its human resources rules and regulations and Nevada laws regarding dismissal of school employees.

Campus safeTy quesTioned

On Dec. 7, 2016, the student who came to Hug armed with knives was quickly shot by a school police officer.

At a press conference, District Superintendent Traci Davis praised the quick response by school police and personnel. “Had it not been for their quick

actions and professionalism, I truly believe that the outcome could have been much worse,” she said.

Olsen said it was she who alerted school police and immediately placed the campus on lockdown. She saw the student get shot.

The student alleged that he was bullied at school. He survived and later faced charges for possession of a handgun. The Reno Gazette Journal reported that he was ordered to a treatment facility in Texas in April.

Olsen said she was horrified by the incident.

“My training had prepared me for it, though,” she said. “After that event, I was scared to be on campus.”

She began to question safety at Hug. She raised concerns over adequate video surveillance to her supervisor, Ford, but said she never received a reply.

She later wrote, “Hug High School lacks sufficient campus safety equipment, which frequently inhibits investigations or calls for support and/or help. Video cameras are minimally operational as compared to other schools. … I attempted to advocate for upgraded campus safety equipment funding following our December 7th incident, but that request was unsupported.”

The district confirmed in August that surveillance cameras were upgraded at Hug and Wooster high schools just this year using funds from Washoe ballot question WC-1, approved by voters in 2016.

“There are digital CCTVs at every high school, and I believe every middle school,” said district spokesman Riley Sutton. “They are not all the same, as they have been installed in phases over the years, and, of course, technology is always improving. Wooster and Hug just got upgrades this summer. They were the first schools to get CCTVs, which meant that they were analog and have now been upgraded to very good digital.”

Sutton refused to explain the camera upgrades even though the district publicly promoted security enhancements, including video cameras, at many of its schools in March.

“Those aren’t the type of details school police are comfortable with us giving out, unfortunately,” Sutton said before implying that knowing details such

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On June 1, she again pleaded with him: “Can you and I please meet as soon as possible?”

Gonzalez replied: “If you have a formal complaint, please utilize the attached form.”

On June 6, she asked again to meet: “As mentioned in a previous email, I’d like to request a meeting to grieve about the work of my principal, Mrs. Lauren Ford. When are you available to meet so we [can] discuss these grievances?”

Olsen said Gonzalez never replied. What she received instead were disciplinary letters written

by Ford, and later, another disciplinary letter written by Gonzalez.

“I went to Gonzalez because I felt like I couldn’t report to [Ford] because it was about her,” she later explained to district officials. “I was going to him because my complaint was about my supervisor, Ford.”

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as the number of cameras on campus would “make a school more difficult to run or a principal’s job harder.”

The district’s lawyer, Breanne Read, denied a public records request for this information.

Olsen said that after raising questions about campus safety and what appeared to be an overall lack of adequate discipline on campus, Ford began mistreating her.

On Saturday, April 22, 2017, Olsen later documented in a complaint that “Principal Ford engaged in a severe outburst against me in front of our administrative team.”

A school district administrator who would not speak on the record for fear of reprisal said that Ford “swears a lot. She has a sailor’s mouth.”

Hostile work environment alleged

One of Olsen’s complaints is that when marijuana was found on a student, a dean allegedly gave back a wallet that contained the cannabis, which is still illegal for minors, to the student without disciplinary action. That dean reportedly told Olsen, when asked why the student wasn’t suspended, that Ford “had done this before,” meaning that Ford had allegedly been lenient on students. Olsen interpreted that to mean Ford had given cannabis back to a student without noted discipline.

Already on the outs with Ford, Olsen contacted a professional mentor in the district and asked for advice without naming names. The mentor encouraged her to have the dean selfreport the incident to Ford.

That’s what Olsen said she did. Believing nothing had been done, she later included the incident in one of her formal complaints to Gonzalez, the area superintendent and Ford’s boss, who suggested she file the complaints.

“It was a good-faith effort to report what I believed had not been properly handled,” Olsen said. “I felt like I was mandated to report something that could be illegal.”

Gonzalez and district officials then used the complaint as evidence against Olsen for alleged “false reporting. Never happened,” a district official allegedly scribbled on the margin of Olsen’s complaint form. That form, and its notes, were given to Olsen as part of her appeal to the district.

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tHe district’s case

Superintendent Traci Davis gives the state of education in 2018 at Billinghurst Middle School.

Olsen also claims that Ford did not appropriately evaluate her and other subordinates.

On March 15, 2017, Ford sent an email to staff reminding them that observations required of district employees were due a week prior as part of the evaluation process. Ford’s list of observations of her subordinates was blank.

“Well … I suck. Mine are blank all across,” she wrote to selected staff later that day, indicating that her own observations had not been completed.

Nevertheless, when Olsen was evaluated

by Ford, Olsen said it was the first time she said she was confronted with concerns about her performance.

She requested a meeting with Ford to rebut what she said was false information in her evaluation. She and Ford met for about three hours on April 21, 2017.

Olsen complained to Ford about what she said was incorrect information. Olsen said Ford replied that the information came from another assistant principal. When Olsen protested about its truthfulness, she said Ford told her the matter was between Olsen and the other assistant principal.

After their meeting, Ford changed part of her evaluation to list Olsen as “effective,” but the

next day was when Ford dressed down Olsen in front of her colleagues, allegedly for causing an investigation about grade inflation at Hug. “You don’t fucking get it!” Ford reportedly yelled at Olsen. Another administrator led Ford from the room to prevent escalating the outburst, Olsen said. The confrontation left her in tears.

In May of 2017, internal emails and personnel documents show that Olsen continued to raise concerns. That month, a coworker reported to her, “It is unsafe at this school. I’ve had two of my teachers injured as a result of breaking up fights.”

Olsen, who oversaw discipline at other schools, said that students were often not disciplined by Ford after incidents such as fights or drugs found on campus.

When Olsen complained to Ford about being overworked and not having support, Olsen said Ford ignored her plea. “I was so overloaded with my duties at that school that I was up every morning all second semester-long at two or three in the morning just trying to keep up with my email load,” she later explained to district officials. “I had no help.”

removed from campus

Olsen was removed from campus in May 2017.

The reason—she allegedly sent a testing schedule spreadsheet to campus faculty that included identifying student information.

Olsen said when the mistake was discovered, she owned up to it but added that Ford reviewed the spreadsheet and directed her to send it. On Thursday, May 11, 2017, Olsen asked Ford to review the attachment. She also texted her.

“I sent the second draft, did you see it?” Olsen texted. “Am I good to send to staff?”

Ford had already replied via email. “Please send to staff,” she directed.

But it was Olsen who was ordered off campus while the incident was investigated. Ford was promoted to area superintendent weeks later.

On May 25, 2017, Olsen sent an email to area superintendent Gonzalez requesting a meeting with him to report numerous concerns.

The school district began ratcheting up complaints against Olsen after she was removed from campus.

School personnel are usually expected to undergo progressive discipline, allowing the employee to improve her performance, explained a district administrator experienced in district discipline procedures, speaking on the condition of confidentiality. “It would be rare to bypass progressive discipline unless it’s something particularly egregious, such as hitting a child.”

The school district would not comment on Olsen’s case, but audio recordings and personnel documents provided by Olsen show that the district’s intent was to ultimately fire her.

Olsen received three separate letters totaling more than a dozen allegations of misconduct.

Two typo-filled “letters of admonition” were given to her in one day, both written by Ford.

Those letters outlined steps for improving her job performance.

She also received two separate notices by Ford that she was under investigation—and a third from Gonzalez. Among the complaints: Olsen “brought false claims and allegations against Lauren Ford.”

It was her complaint coming back to haunt her. Days later, in July 2017, she was notified that she was being placed on administrative leave. She was also banned from school district properties.

Documents show that the district’s allegations of false claims rested in part on Olsen’s report about the marijuana incident and complaining that “Ford does not have the ability to evaluate an employee following WCSD administrative procedures.”

Ford, Olsen alleged, had filled in her observation information retroactively.

“She did not put in the observation information until after evaluations were due to the district,” Olsen said. “She also tried to change my evaluation a month after it was final—to make it more negative.”

She complained about her evaluation change to Gonzalez.

His response: “I would suggest that you follow your supervisor’s direction and if there are comments or a response you would like to make to your evaluation that you use the [district’s system] as requested.”

Gonzalez also said that Olsen spoke about her investigation to a colleague after being told not to. Olsen said she did have contact with a colleague but provided no information about the investigation. The district later claimed that Olsen made “very threatening and unprofessional comments to him.”

“Not true,” Olsen said.

She was also admonished by Gonzalez for the testing spreadsheet with identifying student information and allegedly changing student grades without Ford’s permission. In addition, she didn’t clearly communicate to Hug department leaders about a testing schedule, and she didn’t present to teachers a video about test security, Gonzalez wrote in June.

The video is on the website, Olsen said, and she directed teachers to view it there.

She said she felt relief from work pressures after being removed from campus but worried about who was going to conduct required testing of students.

She texted two colleagues.

“I have been paper-thin for awhile, at least I’ll get some rest tonight,” she told them. “I really feel bad they won’t let me finish [testing].”

Gonzalez used this text message as evidence to get rid of Olsen.

“This further demonstrates your willful neglect or failure to observe and carry out the requirements of this title,” he wrote about the text. He accused her, with these and additional alleged infractions, of violating Nevada law.

GoinG to the top

With a termination pending, Olsen went to the top. She wrote a letter to Superintendent Davis requesting a 15-minute meeting.

“I am a 22-year veteran of WCSD with many ‘high effective’ evaluations, especially in the last 5 years,” she said. “I have never been disciplined or reprimanded until now, nor received a single mark of less than effective. … You stated in a recent publically [sic] broadcasted meeting [with the school board] that one of your goals was to

listen to your employees more. I respectfully ask for that opportunity.”

The opportunity never arrived. Instead, the district asked her to resign during a mediation meeting.

Olsen’s attorney, Michael Langton, said that in December of 2017, the district used “mediation as an attempt to pressure Ms. Olsen into signing her resignation and a confidentiality agreement in exchange for $5,000 and a neutral recommendation. When Ms. Olsen refuses, the WCSD threatens to fire her ‘tomorrow.’”

“The WCSD used mediation as an arena to intimidate and bully me into resignation without just cause,” Olsen later complained to Superintendent Davis.

She said communication with district officials was virtually nonexistent for the next six months after mediation. She crafted a lengthy letter expressing her concerns, including a timeline of incidents, and sent them to the school board. One trustee replied. She said they could not respond because Olsen had an attorney.

Olsen said she hired Langton to protect her career because she said she was being falsely accused of misbehavior.

Olsen said the district stopped paying her in July after Gonzalez recommended her dismissal on June 28 of this year to become effective July 5. She said she was not notified of the suspended pay until weeks later.

“Since your status is recommended for dismissal, your pay has been suspended,” Human Resources Technician Selene Lewis wrote to Olsen on July 23.

Olsen said that even if her firing was legitimate, the district would still owe her pay from June 11 through July 5 of this year.

Further, Davis formally notified Olsen on July 26, 2018, that she was terminated as of July 6, 2018. A day later, Olsen received an identical letter of termination from Davis, but the date was changed to be “effective July 5, 2018.”

The school district is using WC1 money to upgrade security at area schools.

The district refused to provide details of how the public funds are being spent, saying it would make school police “uncomfortable.”

Langton immediately fired back requesting an expedited arbitration.

Nevada Revised Statutes reads, “if a timely request for an expedited hearing is made ... the superintendent must not take any further action relating to the recommendation to dismiss the probationary employee until the written report from the arbitrator is filed with the superintendent and the probationary employee.”

This statute, Langton said, means that Olsen should still be a school district employee. At press time, the district has not scheduled an arbitration hearing, according to Langton.

A formal “whistleblower retaliation claim”

by Olsen was also sent to the district in mid-July.

Virginia Doran, the district’s director of the department of labor relations, responded that since Olsen was no longer an employee, she could not file a complaint. She called Olsen’s claim “procedurally defective.”

Langton, who’s been an attorney for decades on many employment cases, said Doran’s statement was strange.

“I’ve never ever heard of that,” he said.

“Whistleblower complaints are often filed after an employee has been fired.”

outside investiGations requested

Olsen’s ordeal appears to mirror concerns about bullying and hostile work environments within the school district.

Prior to Olsen’s ordeal unfolding, 14 administrators anonymously requested an investigation into “complaints of ongoing issues with the Office of Student Services,” according to Deputy Superintendent Kristen McNeill.

McNeill wrote in a memorandum to Alyson Kendrick, president of the Washoe County School Principals’ Association (WSPA) that the administrators complained of “ongoing issues with the Office of Student Services (OSS) including communications, technical support, bully/ harassment and the OSS being hostile, aggressive and defensive.”

The district hired an outside firm to investigate claims made by the 14 administrators. “[The district’s lawyers] believed that given the nature of the investigation and the fear and mistrust of the investigation process expressed by the WSPA and its members in the complaint letter, it was appropriate and prudent to hire an outside firm to conduct the investigation,” McNeill explained.

The price tag of the investigation was a reported $48,000. The Reno Gazette Journal requested a copy of the report but was rebuffed by the district. After taking the district to court, the RGJ prevailed, and the district was ordered to release the records.

The district’s board of trustees, however, voted unanimously to keep the investigation confidential. The school principals’ association said it had no problem with the report being made public with names redacted, but the district is appealing the court order.

Two individuals were named in the complaint: Chief Student Services Officer Byron Green and his subordinate Jenni Ricci.

“Because this investigation involved serious allegations regarding two Leadership Team

members, Superintendent Traci Davis was kept informed as the investigation progressed,” McNeill explained to the principals. “Appropriate action has already been taken and will continue to be taken to cause improvement to happen in order to help ensure that all District employees are in safe and respectful working environments.”

Ricci is no longer with the district.

McNeill submitted to Superintendent Davis an “investigation report of my findings, conclusions and recommended administrative actions regarding the complaint allegations against Dr. Green. Superintendent Davis agreed with most of my conclusions and recommended administrative actions.”

Others want more investigations.

Three parents complained to the school board in December of 2017, a few months after McNeill wrote to the WSPA’s Kendrick, about lack of accountability when bullying was reported. Jerry Bowden, a parent, said his daughter was the target of bullying and cyberbullying. She allegedly spoke out and faced retaliation.

“The latest and greatest thing I got was this appeal that was assigned by the deputy superintendent to Lauren Ford,” he said. “There’s so many discrepancies within [the district’s] personal findings. When I try to go through the process of appealing this up, the policy stops me from appealing any further.”

Bowden urged the board to hire an independent investigator.

“This is a huge problem. I give you hard evidence, and you overturn a valid bullying [complaint],” he complained to the board. “I’m speaking because I’m totally frustrated.”

Olsen also requested an outside investigation of her claims. She said her request was ignored.

Olsen’s case remains unresolved. She admitted to making mistakes but also begged for help from her superiors, the very ones who later recommended her firing.

“I was requesting guidance and help constantly, and my principal was largely unavailable to me,” she said. “I’m not here to attack Lauren. I’ve never been here to attack Lauren.

My reason for these complaints was not an attack on my principal. I wanted a safe way to report what’s happening on campus. The investigation process is so flawed—it allowed [Ford] to investigate claims made against her.”

Olsen’s attorney Langton said litigation may be the next step. He said that the district is trying to position her as a probationary employee— despite her teaching career and prior years as a dean—in order to tilt legal interpretations in the district’s favor.

“In my view, she’s been wrongfully terminated for a number of reasons,” Langton said.

“First of all, she’s a 22-year employee with an impeccable record, who gets a promotion and then is informed of what she perceived to be a bad act by her supervisor. The school district wants to take the position that she’s a probationary employee and therefore has no rights.

They’ve accused her of filing false reports, but I don’t believe they can prove that at arbitration.

This could be a test case.”

The school district declined comment for this story and refused to make available the personnel mentioned for their responses. Ω

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This time, we’re returning to a theme into which we’ve delved a few times in years past—women’s health. Of course, that’s a broad topic considering the variety of issues at hand—from emotional and physical health, to occupational and financial health, and even the health of the communities in which women live.

I’ve been thinking about pretty much all of these issues recently—which, I’ll admit, has been for somewhat self-interested reasons. Between a divorce and the rewarding but also stressful work of being a journalist in the era of Donald Trump, it’s been a tumultuous year for me, both personally and professionally.

I’ve had greater reason to be concerned about the health of my community, my body, my mind and my bank account—among other things.

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Renee McGinnes is the director of sales and event services for SMG, the company that manages the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority’s four properties. On page 18, she discusses what it was like to rejoin the workforce after a six-year hiatus. To get her feet under her, McGinnes started attending business networking events and eventually found the local chapter of the American Business Women’s Association, of which she’s now president.

Marlene Lockard was the first female chief of staff to a Nevada governor in the 1980s under

then Gov. Richard Bryan. She’s also a professional lobbyist who represents, among other clients, the Nevada Women’s Lobby. On page 21, Lockard talks about the NWL and how any woman can get involved in the legislative process through lobbying.

Also in this guide is a discussion with doula Sarah Geo Walton.

She sat down and spoke with Matt Bieker about the role of a doula in the modern birthing process, misconceptions about her work and the rewards of supporting expecting mothers from pregnancy to post-partum. Their chat can be found on page 24.

I also have an announcement to make—and it seems happily fitting for me to do it in the introduction to this women’s health guide.

I’ve accepted a promotion to be associate editor of the RN&R. I’ll miss putting together these guides, but the new position is a definite win for my career health. And I’m very happy to say that Matt Bieker will spearhead our guides going forward, as the RN&R’s new special projects editor. You’ve probably seen his byline in our publication many times by now.

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From careers to motherhood and community, female leaders get real on the issue’s surrounding women’s health

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ere’s fact: Women, on average, still don’t earn as much as men. The gender pay gap has been persistent since women began joining the workforce in droves during World War II. And according to a Pew Research Center analysis of median hourly earnings for both full- and part-time workers in the U.S. in 2017, women still earned on average only 82 percent of what men earned. Based on an estimate like that, it would take an extra 47 days of work for women to earn the same as men. For minority women, it would take even longer.

Consider, for example, that black women earn on average 63 cents for every dollar a white man makes.

And various studies suggest there are many reasons women earn less than men, including being steered away from math and science-related fields and toward careers in lower paying fields like care-giving and education; making less right out of the gate after college; and facing what researchers call the “motherhood penalty,” in which employers perceive less work commitment from women, who—according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics—spend twice as much time caring for children and doing housework on a typical day than do men. And when women take a leave of absence from the workforce to care for children or elderly family members, they not only lose out on earnings but retirement savings and wage growth opportunities. And they may walk back into an industry that has grown and evolved without them.

This was the case for Renee McGinnes, a sales professional who stepped back into the workforce after a six-year hiatus during which she was caring for her three sons.

Upon returning and taking a job in

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community sales for the Atlantis president of this local chapter of Casino Resort Spa, she said she felt the ABWA and just took a new job she didn’t have “what it took.” as the director of sales and events “I felt like the business world services for SMG, the company had grown eons compared to where I the Reno Sparks Convention and was,” McGinnes said during a recent Visitors Authority hired to manage phone interview during which she its four properties, which include answered questions while sitting in the National Bowling Stadium, the her car in the parking lot of her kids’ Reno Events Center, the Livestock dentist. “I was feeling very small and Events Center and the Reno-Sparks insignificant. I put on, you know, my Convention Center. big girl pants, and pulled The ABWA was them up, and I thought, founded in 1949 by ‘I’ll fake it ’til I Hilary Bufton of make it.’ And I Kansas City.

“I went out and went out and And that’s pretended that actually pretended that I had I had this in Mr. Hilary this in the bag, and inside the bag, and Bufton, by I just felt like if somebody inside I just the way. felt like if “He were to touch me I’d pop and somebody wanted a burst and you’d never find were to platform me again.” touch me, I’d for women pop and burst because men Renee McGInnes and you’d never had been going Reno-Tahoe Express Network President find me again.” into the war …

To get her feet and women into under her, McGinnes the workforce, and he began trying out local business felt something needed to be associations and attending networkcreated to give them a platform for ing events. Eventually, she decided to networking as well as learning some become a member of the Reno-Tahoe business skills—and just a place for Express Network of the American camaraderie, among the women,” Business Women’s Association.

McGinnes said.

“It really spoke to me—because Now, there are local chapters of it was more than just networking,” the ABWA like Reno-Tahoe Express McGinnes said. “It was actually an Network in 300 cities across the opportunity to meet women that nation. On the national level, the want to help mentor other women, association organizes marches and as well as educational opportunities, runs various campaigns, including scholarship opportunities. It just kind one geared toward rectifying pay of touched my heart. I thought, ‘This gap between men and women. It also is a good one.’ So I joined.” offers online courses to help women That was two-and-a-half years get ahead in business. McGinnes ago. Today, McGinnes is the said she’s taken a few of them.

Considering local networking events and business associations for women?

Check out these options: • The Northern Nevada Women’s Leadership Initiative is collaboration between the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce and the University of Nevada, Reno. According to the website, the initiative will feature “a year-long series of women’s leadership salons” and “regular social networking for women leaders in Northern Nevada, to specifically include networking events with local nonprofits which aid and support women.” It will wrap up in 2019 with a leadership summit and an exhibition of stories and images from Nevada women leaders to be displayed at UNR. Learn more here: www. unr.edu/womens-leadership-initiative/ events-and-activities • The Healthcare Financial Management Association is made up of around 40,000 members employed by hospitals and other healthcare organizations and focuses on providing “education, analysis and guidance” to its members. If you’re a health care professional, you may want to look into the organization’s second annual Northern Nevada Women’s Leadership Breakfast to be held Oct. 19 at Renown Regional Medical Center. Learn more here: hfma-nv.org/ images/meeting/101918/womenleadershipannounce2018_north.pdf • Founded in 1982 by local women, the Nevada Women’s Fund, according to its website was “established to correct the then national imbalance of financial distribution from traditional resources that resulted in less than 6 percent of grants going to women and children.” The group works with the community to raise money and resources for Nevada women and families. Among the things NWF allocates resources to is scholarships for Northern Nevada women. The group’s website explains, “most NWF scholarship recipients are re-entry women and single mothers who have not had the opportunity to complete their educations due to family issues and/or financial constraints.” Provided scholarship recipients perform well academically, the group will continue to fund their educations until they receive degrees. Since 1983, NWF has allocated $3,820,788 in scholarships to 1,630 women. Learn more here: nevadawomensfund.org/nwf-scholarship/

• Women As Change Makers is an annual event, now in its second year. It’s happening Sept. 21 at the Atlantis. The event is a leadership summit and networking event for local women featuring usual meals and raffles, plus workshops and presentations by female professionals working in different business sectors and a pitch competition for female business founders. The proceeds benefit Zawadisha. an enterprise started by local entrepreneur Jen Gurecki to provide small loans to rural Kenyan women to help them finance things like solar lamps, rain water tanks and clean cook stoves. According to its website, Zawadisha, “delivers these items directly to rural villages, and provides after-sale services like trainings in leadership, financial literacy, and micro-enterprise.”

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Renee McGinnes is the president of the local ABWA chapter.

“One is how to negotiate, which for me being in sales was very important,” she said.

“Also being a female—I don’t know about you—but for me, I can fight to the bitter end for anybody that works with me or for me, but for myself sometimes I’m not as strong as I had hoped to be. That’s a great class to get back that power and to be able to value yourself.”

When it comes to the local chapter, according to McGinnes, it’s personal relationships built between members that offer some of the greatest benefits.

“Once somebody joins in the local chapter, we have ladies that have been

in business—I mean, I’ve been in business for 30 years—and we really try to mentor some of the younger girls to help them with whatever it is they’re struggling and help them grow and just become better women … in all aspects,” she said.

The women who make up the local chapter come from diverse fields.

“Actually, one works in an auto body shop,” McGinnes said. “We have women that work in banking, women that work in the health industry … some that are in marketing. … It’s for anybody, basically any female in the business industry, whatever that may be.”

The RTEN holds monthly luncheons for its members and raises money to fund scholarships for local women. For women who think they might be interested in being ABWA members, McGinnes recommends coming to a luncheon, which are held the fourth Thursday of every month at the Atlantis. Also being held at the Atlantis—on Sept. 19—is the RTEN’s annual celebration

of American Business Women’s Day, which will include speakers, raffles and lunch. McGinnes said it’s another opportunity for women to give the association a try.

“It starts at 11 a.m., and it’s basically our biggest fundraiser to put money back into the account for scholarships,” McGinnes said.

“If it’s something that strikes you, if it makes an impact, then you’ll know. … It was this organization and the ladies that I met that helped me to feel that I was worthy again, that I could do this, and that even though I was gone for six years, it didn’t make a difference. ... They just did. These ladies just helped me to gain that strength and some of that courage to move forth and to do this.” Ω

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f you’ve paid attention to social media or the news at all this year, chances are you’ve heard someone refer to 2018 as the “Year of the Woman” (a recycling of the phrase that was popularized in 1992, the first single election year in which four women were elected to the Senate). In 2018, the phrase is a reference to many things—the Women’s Marches, the #MeToo movement and, of course, the tremendous number of women running for office up and down the ballots in states across the country.

And these women are making headway.

According to the Center for Women and Politics at Rutgers University, a record number of women— 185 as of last month—have been successful in primary races, winning nominations to run for the U.S. House in November. Fifty-six women have run in gubernatorial races this year. And whereas in 1970 there was just one female senate candidate, this year there have been more than four dozen.

If record numbers of women secure the seats for which they’re running, perhaps it will be 2019 that rightly earns the title of the “Year of the Woman”—a chance for new female legislators to take a role in shaping regulations and policies affecting their gender and the families for which they so often care.

But even if women don’t end up sweeping local, state and national offices, there will still be many, many of them at work in city halls and state capitols across the country—and in the nation’s capital, too. And this is nothing new. Women have played a significant role in shaping politics through lobbying for well over a century now.

An 1888 edition of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspapers described female lobbyists in Washington D.C. as “for the most part accomplished, versatile and fair to look upon” and mentioned that “the raw and inexperienced Senator falls an easy prey to their blandishments.”

Today, some women lobby as citizens by testifying in front of legislative bodies on behalf of the issues that affect them. Others do it as

registered professionals on behalf of industries and causes.

Marlene Lockard is one of the latter. She’s been involved in state politics for decades. In fact, she was Nevada’s first female chief of staff under then Governor and former U.S. Senator Richard Bryan.

These days, Lockard’s the professional lobbyist for, among other clients, the Nevada Women’s Lobby—a non-partisan coalition concerned with women’s issues in the state. It celebrated its 30th anniversary this year.

When the state legislature convenes in February, she’ll be in the capitol full-time, lobbying on behalf the NWL. For now, she’s keeping her eye on bill draft requests—ideas for bills, basically—as they’re being submitted by legislators, committees and government agencies. At this point, Lockard said, the NWL has already identified a few priorities for the upcoming legislative session, including affordable housing, pay equity and paid leave issues. But she knows there will be many others.

“As the lobbyist, I often say, when I represent the Nevada Women’s Lobby, almost every bill, almost every BDR impacts women and families,” Lockard said. “Water policy, growth, affordable housing all have major impacts.”

Over the years, the NWL has lobbied for things like the repeal of Nevada’s sodomy laws, paid leave for victims of domestic violence, and the state’s ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which finally happened in 2017. For Lockard, this was a particularly poignant moment.

“I remember back in the early ’70s, when the discussion first started and when it was defeated in Nevada,” she said.

To be there when it passed, she said, was momentous. And to those who’ve pointed to the tardiness of the ERA’s passage in Nevada saying after all these decades the point was moot, Lockard said, “No.”

Lobbying is one way for women to take action on issues affecting community health

Take acTion Looking to get involved in the political process? Here’s a list of some other local lobbying organizations and political action groups: • Nevada Now is a chapter of the National Organization for Women political action committee.

The group engages in community organizing, grassroots lobbying and litigation on a variety of issues affecting women’s rights. Learn more here: www.nevadanow.org.

• The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonprofit whose stated goal is “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.” You can learn more about the ACLU in Nevada here: www.aclunv.org.

• The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a nationwide network with more than 100,000 members. Its mission is to advance “equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.” Learn more about the local chapter here: reno-nv.aauw.net.

• The Mt. Rose Republican Women’s Club’s mission is “to promote political awareness among Republican women in the Reno area.” You can learn more here: www.southrenorepublicans.com.

• NARAL Pro-Choice America is an organization that engages in political action and advocacy to oppose restrictions on abortion and expand access to abortion. Learn more about the Nevada chapter here: www.prochoiceamerica.org/state/nevada.

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“As the lobbyist, I often say, when I represent the Nevada Women’s Lobby, almost every bill, almost every BDR impacts women and families.”

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“It matters, she said. “Women by name should be in the U.S. Constitution—period. We are not.”

March 22, 2017—the day the Nevada Legislature ratified the ERA, 45 years to the day after Congress had done so—was also special for Lockard, she said, because of the number of people there with her to witness it as a part of an event the NWL hosts each session.

“We had our Grassroots Lobby Days around that vote, so there were over 200 young women and men from across the state who witnessed that vote,” Lockard said.

According to Lockard, the NWL’s Grassroots Lobby Days event is “an opportunity for men and women alike to come from across the state and participate” in the legislative process.

“We put on workshops, from Lobbying 101 to a higher level of lobbying, if you’ve done it before,” she said. “We have issue workshops, so if someone has a particular interest, we try to cover the contemporary issues of what’s occurring in the state.”

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interested in becoming members of the NWL. But she was MARLeNe LockARD also quick Lobbyist for Nevada Women’s Lobby to point out that there’s no reason to wait until then if you’re interested in having a voice in local government.

“Come down to the Legislature,” she said. “If there’s an issue … or a vote is up or a hearing, come down and listen and … if you feel comfortable enough, begin to participate, testify, tell your story if you’ve got a story to tell about how “X” legislation would impact you positively or adversely.” Ω Learn more about the Nevada Women’s Lobby here: nevadawomenslobby.org.

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arah Geo Walton was born at her parents’ home in the small, central Nevada town of Imlay. Both of her parents were paramedics, and Walton was exposed from an early age to their work, which she said included “going to a lot of first, on-scene things.” Sometimes these were births—and it was something that interested Walton from an early age. As a high schooler in Reno, Walton said she was “heavily involved in volunteer work” and local nonprofits. Afterward, she considered a career as a midwife or a nurse but didn’t want “to be medically responsible for anything.” When she learned about the role doulas play in the birth process, it seemed like a better career fit. Doulas are a type of health practitioner specializing in emotional and physical support of pregnant women through all of the stages of pregnancy, labor and post-partum.

After the home-birth of her son in Portland three years ago, she returned to Reno to offer her services through her company Bright Heart Birth Services, and the Reno Doula Project—a nonprofit offering doula services to low-income women.

Reno News & Review sat down with Walton to chat about her experiences.

What falls within a doula’s scope of responsibility? And what kind of accreditation does it take to become a doula?

You can choose to be certified, but many people don’t. There are many certifying organizations. Some are done online, and some are done in person. The one I did was in person, and then I did, like, an internship, I guess, up in Portland. I highly recommend that people take an actual training to learn because learning the scope of practice is very important. We aren’t medical professionals. We don’t give medical advice. We can provide medical information, but we shouldn’t be telling people what they should and shouldn’t do. The idea of it is mostly support throughout pregnancy, birth and post-partum—and hopefully continuous support in that it’s somebody you know the whole time. A lot of what we do is helping people reframe what they’re going through

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as normal, and usually does not involve complications but also being able to help them make the decisions when complications do arise. We are really part of the birth team, and part of the mom-partner team as well. We aren’t looking to replace doctors. We aren’t looking to replace midwives. We aren’t looking to replace partners either.

Why has the doula’s role seemingly entered the public consciousness in recent years?

The actual term doula is an old term meaning “woman who serves,” but the actual job of a doula is a fairly new one. Midwives or nurses used to spend a lot more time with people in labor. And with the swing of medicalized labor, in hospital environments especially, about 70 percent of people had epidurals, so people are losing their skills at being able to support people through unmedicated birth—but also their staffing is done kind of expecting seven out of 10 patients to have an epidural and only need to be checked on every once in a while.

So a lot of pregnant women might go through their hospital experience potentially alone, or in the company of strangers—with the exception of maybe their partner—and that’s where a doula comes in?

Yes, and we get to know them in pregnancy, too, so we know what are the things that get them going, and what are the things they’re scared of, and what are the things that are really important to them in their birth, so we can try to protect that as much as possible. I see us as kind of being chaos coordinators. Husbands know their wives. Medical providers know the medical role of this, and we kind of know just how to fit all the puzzle pieces together.

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What are some of the biggest misconceptions you battle against as a doula? Either on the parts of your clients or other medical staff?

From my clients, it’s that doulas are only for people who want an unmedicated birth or just a home birth, where it’s like doulas are only for hippie people, basically. I would say probably 75 percent of my clients would not describe themselves as, like, crunchy, hippie people.

Most of them are choosing hospital birth. Many are choosing to have an epidural. We’re great for natural birth. You are more likely to have a natural birth in the event that you have a doula, but we aren’t just for that. From an outside perspective from providers or hospital staff, sometimes they think we’ve talked the patient into something when in reality that was completely their own doing. And our job is to support them even if we don’t agree with what they’re doing, too. Sometimes I can say, “These are the risks. These are the benefits.”

But sometimes providers think we’re getting in the way, and we are the ones talking people into doing certain things.

What is your role when it comes to ensuring the safety and health of your clients?

In a home birth or at the hospital?

Either, I suppose.

A lot of stuff that’s done in a hospital is not necessarily coming from a place of evidencebased care. We definitely have shifted to a space where we are trying to avoid litigation and the place of just a “healthy mom, healthy baby” in a physical sense is their main priority, and the mental and emotional side of mom’s health definitely gets thrown aside sometimes.

If they feel like they had a very traumatic birth, they aren’t going to be healthy. They’re going to have a harder time bonding with their babies, often, and some of them have a hard time going back to work. Some of them will never have sex with their partners again. It’s not necessarily

healthy, but it’s just to avoid someone dying mostly. They may end up both being alive, but they might have to go through, like, surgeries and NICU stays because of it. And we don’t know when that will happen, but a lot of stuff is kind of not allowed to take it’s natural course, I think, partly out of fear of litigation and then another part out of convenience for staffing, vacations, you know? I get why it has swung that way, but also the kind of fear tactics that a lot of providers will use, where it makes mom’s feel like they can’t make the right the decision … that’s not really healthy, either. And I do see it sometimes, where the providers are very fear-based or control ‘I want to be the boss’ type of communication. It’s not good for people to be scared in labor.

What do you say to women who are considering a doula for the first time or are curious about contracting your services?

In interviews, we talk to them about the things that they think they would like more support on, the things that they might be scared about, and talk to them about how we can help meet those needs. And then in our first meetings after hire, we really try to get to know the people and ask them what’s a perfect birth for them—what do they see, themselves, as a perfect birth.

Is there a moment from your career that stood out as particularly gratifying or memorable?

I cannot even tell you how many they will say— the first time they look at their baby, they will look at their baby for a minute and then say, “We could not have done this without you.”

And I don’t believe that, like, “Yes, you could absolutely do this without us—you have to.” Do we make it feel a little better, safer, happier?

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Reno Improv students participate in a “staged rant” excercise.

Make it up Reno Improv In most lines of work, making it up as you go can get you fired. To the members of Reno Improv, however, it’s kind of the whole point.

“We forget that, in life, we’re improvising the whole damn thing all the time,” said Taylor Riedeman, a long-time member and instructor at Reno Improv. “When you get on stage, you’re like, ‘Oh my god, I’m improvising!’ Well, you’ve kind of been improvising since you got up this morning.”

Reno Improv was started three years ago by former members of the now-defunct Empire Comedy. After two years of sharing their rehearsal space with other artists at the Potentialist Theater, the group moved into a new building on Wells Avenue in February.

The move allowed the 23 dues-paying members to exercise greater control over their performance schedules and accommodate more students. They currently offer three levels of formal, eight-week classes.

“Introduction to short form is the first one that we do, and you can liken that to the show Whose Line is it Anyway?” said Riedeman. “It’s very game-y. ... They give you some sort of task, and then everyone’s got to come up with their funniest line, or three people link hands, and you have to pretend your an expert with three heads.”

Level one is geared toward getting new students out of their comfort zones and into the collaborative environment, while levels two and three draw on the fundamentals to build longer scenes.

“Long form is when you’re creating, essentially, the scenes that happen in sitcoms,” said Riedeman. “You’re creating a scene from beginning to end with people, and so you learn the techniques and the methods to make that happen.”

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While making the audience laugh is always a goal, Riedeman said that many students join Reno Improv for reasons beyond comedy—or even acting. Much like how yoga can offer skills beyond just flexibility, like mindfulness and breath control, improv can help students overcome a fear of public speaking or mental barriers to creativity.

“It’s amazing how many people that haven’t even been on stage before—the transformation that we see them have in their lives,” Riedeman said. “There’s such a beautiful camaraderie in that building that I’ve really not felt many other places.”

To Ben Craig, an improviser for the last 14 years and the owner of Reno Improv, being funny doesn’t even count as a prerequisite.

“You don’t have to be funny, because the funny in improv comes from the honesty that happens in the scene,” Craig said. “Anybody can get laughs in improv.

If they agree to situations and they support one another, anybody can do it.”

Being funny also means being smart, Craig said, and Reno Improv places a huge importance on making participants of every walk of life feel safe.

“We’ve geared ourselves toward being smarter, not relying on the stereotypes, and protecting all groups who come,” Craig said. “People here want growth, and they want forward thinking, and so to use things that would be basically be offensive or alienate any particular group is going to turn people off.”

Reno Improv’s website lists the dates of both class schedules and troupe performances, which happen every Saturday evening at 8 p.m. And while there’s already talk of participating in improv festivals and finding a larger space in the future, the folks at Reno Improv are happy to take it one step at a time. Ω

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Smoke screens If you’ve read my laments before, you might’ve picked up on the notion that I can’t stand most found-footage films. I also bitch a lot about movies where the whole damn thing happens on a computer screen, with the director finding cute ways to never cut away from Skype, FaceTime, Words with Friends or whatever the hell a character is doing while the plot unfolds.

Searching is strange, in that I actually almost like the way director Aneesh Chaganty uses computer screens, apps and news reports to tell his story. I also really like the central performance by John Cho as David Kim, a slightly annoying parent who discovers through a break in technological communication that his daughter Margot (Megan La) has gone missing.

What I can’t forgive is the terrible detour the mystery takes into ridiculous, convenient and unimaginative territory. The screenplay really blows it in the end, especially with the help of a stiff and strange performance from Debra Messing as a cop assigned to Margot’s case.

The film’s start is cute enough, with David and Margot having an argument about Margot’s failure to take the trash out. The argument establishes Margot as a generally normal kid, while her father is a bit of a tight-assed paranoiac and kind of a daughter stalker.

David’s over-protective, constant checking in on his daughter and perhaps being a little too involved in her life has something to do with the loss of Pamela (Sara Sohn), his wife and Margot’s mom. Some of the movie’s more touching moments involve David looking at old computer videos of Margot and Pam playing piano.

When Margot still fails to take the trash out, then doesn’t respond to his various texts and call attempts, David starts to get very twitchy. He eventually calls in a missing person’s report, and Detective Vick (Messing) comes on board. This is where the film begins to come apart.

Messing, unlike Cho and La, is unable to come off as a real person using all of these gadgets and technologies to communicate. She comes off more like a

big star making a one dimensional cameo on C.S.I.: Bummed Out Cops. She has moments in the movie that are so tonally off that they become funny rather than serious. Messing has been great in past roles, but she is woefully miscast.

That’s not entirely her fault. Anybody being asked to perform the story developments Searching employs in its closing act is being tasked with pulling off some major bullshit. The film takes itself seriously; it’s not any kind of spoof or sly take on social networking and telecommunications. The things happening in this movie are portrayed as very real, likely events. When the story goes off the rails, the movie becomes a lame joke.

Cho and La come through as champs. I actually think I could’ve enjoyed a simple film of these two communicating on their gadgets for one day about normal things, dealing with the loss of Pam, without the missing person element. The performers—and the director—pull off the feat of making FaceTime and iMessage communication in a movie semi-watchable without being too gimmicky, at least for a while.

That’s not an easy thing to do.

Searching, in the end, is a movie that could’ve been so much greater, and perhaps an indictment of our over-reliance on gadgets to communicate, if it had veered from the ridiculous. Turns out it’s just a thirdrate thriller wrapped up in a snazzy, modern bow.

If this story—and its ending—were presented as a straightforward, linear movie absent of Facebook and FaceTime, it would be lambasted. It’s dopey.

It’s not as bad as Unfriended or your average found-footage movie, but Searching is pretty bad all the same. I’m seriously hoping that the existence— and moderate success—of films like this doesn’t have some Hollywood scribes dusting off old, rejected TV scripts thinking they can repackage them as computer screen thrillers. Let’s stop with the computer screen movies, OK? They’re just a tad hokey. Ω

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This story of man’s first interaction with a dog turns out to be a winner if 1) you’re a dog person, and 2) you can watch a movie set 20,000 years ago and believe that the inhabitants could have such stylish leather jackets. No way somebody without a sewing machine could’ve put these things together way back then. If so, they were the Versace of their day. Directed by Albert Hughes (From Hell, Menace II Society), this is a sweet hypothetical story about a long-ago boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee), lost in the wilderness after a hunting trip gone awry, befriending a wolf. It’s not a syrupy sweet story; the two go through a sort of hell trying to find the boy’s homeland during the onset of winter. But if you are a dog person, and I am, the gradual warming of their relationship as they rely on one another to survive is nothing short of adorable and powerful. Hughes doesn’t simply rely on his sweet story to score a win with this one. His movie is often gorgeous, featuring majestic landscapes, excellent CGI work, and a damn fine dog as the title character. Smit-McPhee—the boy who cried “Poppa!” in The Road—is on screen for most every scene, relegated to a fake caveman language for his dialogue. All said, he delivers some career best work here and carries the human half of Alpha’s story. Cavemen movies usually suck. So it’s refreshing to see a film set in prehistoric times that actually engages, provides some thrills and warms the heart.

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The Happytime Murders

So, with the stalling of the Muppets franchise, it seemed like a good time for a former Muppets stalwart Brian Henson (son of Muppets founder Jim) to take puppet humor in a more adult direction. A raunchier band of puppets would seem an OK addition to the Henson legacy. The Happytime Murders is not a Muppets movie—it’s a Brian Henson puppet movie (starring a lost Melissa McCarthy as a hapless human), a product of Henson Alternative, an “adult” branch of the Jim Henson Company. The public will not be hankering for more adult puppet shenanigans after watching this listless, joyless, humorless exercise in how not to make a puppet movie. The film is set up like your standard puppets-interactingwith-humans Muppets movie, but Kermit and company are banned from the set in favor of bland, seriously unfunny puppets that fail to distinguish themselves in any way. Brian Henson directs—his first big-screen directing gig since Muppet Treasure Island—and it’s a lost puppet cause. Henson’s directing chops have not aged like fine wine. They’ve aged like something more akin to a mango that got lost in the back of the fridge six months ago.

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BlacKKKlansmen

The great Spike Lee has returned with what amounts to his best film since Malcolm X 26 years ago. Based on a true story, with some significant tweaking, it centers on Ron Stallworth (John David Washington, son of Denzel), a black police officer in Colorado who, on a whim, decided to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan by posing as a redneck. It wound up being a two-man sting, with Stallworth pretending to be a white man on the phone while sending in a white partner (depicted here by Adam Driver) to do the face-to-face work. Stallworth’s investigation eventually leads to him being named head of a local chapter of the KKK, and direct dealings with David Duke (Topher Grace), Grand Wizard of the KKK and all-time major asshole. The movie is as crazy as the story was, with Spike balancing intense drama and humor perfectly. Washington is as good as his old man in this movie, and Driver continues to show he’s always a cast MVP. Lee, shooting on celluloid again, makes a fantastic-looking movie; he’s a master of period pieces, with this one set in the ’70s. The film’s conclusion uses current events news footage—including Charlottesville—showing the unfortunate and all too real racism parallels between the events in this film and the current state of America.

The movie is a great watch, but it is also a loud, absolutely necessary wakeup call.

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The Meg

It’s been over two decades since author Steve Alten released his big shark story Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror, the first of many Meg books. From the moment the first book hit stands, producers have been attempting to make a movie out of it. Many directors have flirted with making the movie, including Jan de Bont, Guillermo del Toro and, as recently as 2015, Eli Roth. The property eventually ended up under the directorial guidance of one Jon Turtletaub, the guy who made Cool Runnings, the National Treasure movies and, wait for it, 3 Ninjas. The result? A movie as misguided, sloppy and boring as you would expect from the guy who directed 3 Ninjas. Let’s just get the obvious problem out of the way good and early in this review. The Meg is rated PG-13, and probably could’ve pulled a PG. This is not a horror film. It’s an undersea adventure with a big, messy CGI shark and sci-fi twist. Roth left the project because they wouldn’t let him gore it up, and they wouldn’t let him star as deep-sea diver/adventurer Jonas Taylor. Instead, we get Jason Statham as Jonas, and hardly any need for makeup artists on the set due to a supreme lack of bloodletting. Like I said, this thing could be PG. And let’s be very clear, Jaws, the mother of all shark movies—and the greatest movie ever made, thank you very much—had a shit ton of bloodletting, and it was PG.

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Operation Finale

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Puzzle

The hunt for Holocaust architect Adolph Eichmann is chronicled, albeit blandly, in director Chris Weitz’s lost movie starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley and Melanie Laurent.

When Eichmann (Kingsley) is discovered in Buenos Aires living a modest life working at an automobile plant, secret agents led by Peter Malkin (Isaac) and Hannah Elian (Laurent) set up shop where he resides. They hatch a plot to grab Eichmann and return him to Israel to stand trial for his war crimes. Up until the moment where they grab Eichmann, the movie is pretty good. But when the movie becomes about Malkin and Eichmann chatting in a dark bedroom, it loses its sting. A better movie would’ve had Eichmann standing trial for his crimes, thus educating those of us who haven’t seen his trial on YouTube with that historical event. Too much of this film is spent showing Eichmann trying to persuade Malkin that he was just a normal guy taking orders.

Hey, maybe that happened, but cover it in five minutes and stay focused on what a monster this guy was. We already know he’s despicable, and I’m pretty sure the folks who risked their lives to grab him weren’t conflicted about whether or not he was really a nice guy forced to do a bad job. Yes, the movie shows a little bit of his trial, but this is one time where I found myself wishing that more of a movie took place in a courtroom.

Kelly Macdonald is terrific as Agnes, a mother of two and wife to Louie (an also excellent David Denman). Agnes is loved by her family, but they tend to not pay attention to her at times, and she’s beginning to lose interest in their mundane routines. She finds solace in jigsaw puzzles, and realizes she has a talent for putting them together fast. She sees a posting for a person looking to find a “puzzle partner,” gives them a call, and strikes up a friendship with Robert (Irrfan Khan) an eccentric millionaire with a shared fascination for puzzles. As the two meet twice a week to train for a puzzle competition, things go beyond friendship, and Agnes is forced to make some decisions about her home life. Marc Turtletaub’s minimalist direction works like a charm for this story, which plays a lot better than it sounds. Macdonald is first rate every second she’s on screen in this one, but especially in her scenes with Denman and Khan. Khan brings a lot of dimension to Robert, basically a nutty, lonely guy. Denman does a remarkable job of making Louie likeable, even if he is a bit of a dick at times. It’s not a film I was especially anxious to watch given its premise. I was pleasantly surprised.

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Spice of life Saffron is—by weight—the world’s most expensive spice. Threads of the blossoming saffron crocus have been delicately hand-collected and traded across the Old World for at least four millennia. Years ago, my first encounter was a baked saffron rice cake prepared by an Iranian friend. You can find a similar dish, along with other Persian delights, at Saffron Restaurant in Carson City.

My friends and I started with an order of dolma ($7.99, four pieces), grape leaves stuffed with a mix of ground beef and lamb, rice, onion, pomegranate paste, honey, ground walnut, herbs, saffron and other spices.

I’ve long been a fan of the Mediterranean dolma you find served with gyro and shawarma, but these were quite different. The leaves were a lot tougher with a lot more chew, and the combined ingredients were overall quite sweet. Adding a bit of the provided yogurt herb dip helped mellow the sweetness.

Next we dug into a serving of tahchin ($8.99), the crispy saffron rice cake with chicken, pistachio, almond and honey glazed barberries, the dried fruit of the berberis shrub. It was accompanied by yogurt dip and sliced, pickled cucumber. And it was exactly what I’d been hoping for. The tart, dried fruit complemented the other flavors, and the contrast between crispy outside and inner fluffiness of rice was great.

Doubling down on rice, we ordered a giant meatball known as koofteh ($11.99), a softball-sized mix of rice, ground beef and lamb, egg, onion, herbs, spices, dried fruit, and walnut, topped with a tomato beef consomme and served with flatbread and yogurt dip. The mix of rice-to-meat was about 50/50, and a taste of cinnamon was at the forefront. Something about the flavor seemed oddly familiar, and I realized it was triggering a memory of my mom’s rice and raisin pudding. It was essentially fragrant rice pudding

Tahchin, a chicken dish; and Koofteh, a meatball stuffed with meat, rice and fruit, are two menu items at Saffron Restaurant.

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meatloaf, which tasted a lot better than that description sounds.

A serving of “special eggplant’ ($5.99) turned out to be a variation on kashke bademjan, a popular Persian dip eaten with flatbread and yogurt. The sauteed mash of eggplant, onion, garlic, mint and roasted walnut was interesting and hard to describe.

There aren’t many eggplant dishes I want to try again, but this one made the list. It was great loaded onto the bread, which itself was something between Middle Eastern lavash and Indian naan.

Finally, a family-size kebab plate ($59.99) featured skewers of barg (beef tenderloin marinated in saffron onion juice), bonab (ground beef and lamb with chopped serrano chile, bell pepper, tarragon and onion-infused parsley), koobideh (ground beef and lamb with onion-infused tarragon) and chicken breast marinated in saffron lemon juice. The meats were centered on the platter, surrounded by roasted tomato halves, whole serrano peppers and sliced squash, carrot, onion and pickle. The veggies were great, with surprisingly good flavor from the tomatoes and a lot of punch from the peppers. The acid on the chicken made our faces pucker. The koobideh was a bit sweet, and the bonab was spicy and piquant. Perhaps best, the barg was like a perfectly done steak, tender and savory in the best way.

We were so full and satisfied we didn’t have room for Persian ice cream or saffron baklava, but the variety of other menu items makes a return visit inevitable. Ω

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Pop rocks All Hype, No Heart When Chris Roberts moved to Reno from Los Angeles in February, he knew he wanted to start a pop-punk band of his own. Roberts, who played guitar with his former band in Southern California, decided to post an advertisement on Craigslist in search of potential bandmates. T. J. English, a Reno guitarist, responded to the ad, and soon after the two found bassist Mike Fitzsimmons, drummer Chris Archuleta and vocalist Tony Deputy.

Although All Hype, No Heart has only been together for three and a half months, the group has released a single, “Wasting Time,” and is in the process of mixing and mastering their first album, to be released this fall.

All five band members come from musical roots. They each have at least one family member who was a musician, and all the band members started playing music during childhood after a family member bought them their first instrument.

Their musical style is heavily influenced by ’90s and early 2000s pop-punk bands like Green Day, Blink 182, Fall Out Boy and Sum 41, along with contemporary punk bands like City Lights and Trash Boat.

Deputy remembers when he first met Roberts, and they discovered they had the same taste in music.

“When me and Chris met each other, we were the only two people who were like ‘Dude, you listen to the same kind of music as me,’” said Deputy. “It was kind of mind-blowing at first.”

Roberts made “Wasting Time” as a demo two years earlier, but the band completely redid it for its upcoming

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T. J. English, Tony Deputy, Mike Fitzsimmons, Chris Archuleta and Chris Roberts are the members of All Hype, No Heart.

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album, its own sound to the previously recorded track. “Wasting Time” and the other four songs on the album were recorded at the Musician Rehearsal Center in Sparks with the help of Alan Terry from Lion Fist Recordings.

According to Deputy, the songs on the album were inspired by getting fucked up with their friends and being sad.

“I pretty much like the self-destructive factor of being depressed and how you kind of act out on your emotions and kind of do things that you wouldn’t with a stable mind, if you will,” he said.

In “Wasting Time,” the lyrics “I drink all night, and I sleep all day/I feel like such a waste of space/I just sit and wait/For something that’ll never change” pairs with upbeat rhythm and fast guitar strumming—giving it that classic pop-punk feel.

The band members write songs at the Musicians Rehearsal Center in Sparks. “Counting Days” is about wanting to leave a hometown. “Stuck in Park” is about getting high in the middle of the night with friends. “I’ll Wait” is about resisting change. The band’s most recent song—still in progress—is about being in a relationship that doesn’t work because life is different for both people in the relationship, but neither one seems to care enough to fix it.

“There’s usually a moment when we’re doing something, and we all look up at each other at the same time and are like, ‘That was just amazing what, we just did. Let’s try to continue that,’” said Archuleta. Ω

All hype, no heart will perform at Shea’s tavern, 715 S. Virginia St., 786-4774, on Sept. 12. For more information, visit allhypenoheartnv.bandcamp.com.

THURSDAY 9/6 1up

132 West St., (775) 329-2878

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

BAR Of AmeRicA

Sept. 9, 9 p.m.

The BlueBird 555 E. Fourth St. 7499-5549

Comedy

The BLueBiRd

Dance party, 10pm, $5

Ritual (goth, industrial, EBM), 9pm, $3-$5

555 E. Fourth St., (775) 499-5549

cARgO AT WhiTNey peAk hOTeL 255 N. Virginia St., (775) 398-5400

ceOL iRiSh puB

538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558

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Reverse the Cycle, 9pm, no cover

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4PLAY with DJ Matthew Ray, 10pm, $TBA

fiNe ViNeS

Erika Paul, 7pm, no cover

275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917

6300 Mae Anne Ave., (775) 787-6300

gReAT BASiN BReWiNg cO.

846 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 355-7711

heAdquARTeRS

219 W. Second St., (775) 800-1020

Uncle Eddie’s Almost Karaoke Drunken Sing-Along, 8pm, no cover

heLLfiRe SALOON

Line dancing, 6:30pm, no cover

Night Train, 8pm, no cover

The hOLLANd pROjecT

Surly, Toeknife, Bug Bath, 8pm, $5

Lil Traffic, Theonly1197, indyxhill, Heffyraps, Roy French, 9pm, $5

3372 S. McCarran Blvd., (775) 825-1988 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

juB juB’S ThiRST pARLOR 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 384-1652

The Black Mariah Theater, Flat Broke and Busted, Nick Eng, 8pm, $5

The juNgLe

Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484

MON-WED 9/10-9/12

Dance party, 10pm, $5

dAVidSON’S diSTiLLeRy 239 W. Second St., (775) 470-8590

The Improv at Harveys Lake Tahoe, 18 Highway 50, Stateline, (775) 5886611: Jerry Rocha, Thu-Fri, Sun, 9pm, $25, Sat, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Charles Fleischer, 8pm, W, $25 Laugh Factory, Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 3257401: Greg Hahn, Thu, Sun, 7:30pm, $21.95; Fri-Sun, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Murray SawChuck, Tu-W, 7:30pm, $21.95 LEX at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-5399: Steve Hofstetter, Fri, 6:30pm, $15-$20 The Library, 134 W. Second St., (775) 683-3308: Open Mic Comedy with host Jim Flemming, Sun, 9:30pm, no cover Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-5233: Steve Hofstetter, Thu, 8pm, $10-$15; Fri, 9pm; $15-$20, Sat, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $15-$20

SUNDAY 9/9

Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover

Jo Mama, 9pm, no cover

10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee, (530) 587-2626

CloZee

SATURDAY 9/8

John Beaver, Ross Shadows, Adambomb, Daen-On, Dio, 10pm, $5

214 W. Commercial Row, (775) 813-6689

5 STAR SALOON

FRIDAY 9/7

CloZee, Tor, Volo, 9pm, $17-$20 Future Islands, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, 8pm, M, $19.27 Traditional Irish Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Live music, 9pm, no cover Karaoke with Matthew Ray, 9pm, Tu, no cover

The Wind Down, 10pm, no cover Terry Webb & Lori Henry, 7pm, no cover

Open Mic with Lenny El Bajo, 7pm, W, no cover

Soul Connection, 7pm, no cover

Seamus Kennedy, 8pm, M, $20-$25

Kevvy Kev & Heidi’s Birthday, 9pm, no cover

Sunday Services with Reverend Rory Dowd, 7pm, $5

Precious Child, Thrillsville, Trust Fall, 8pm, $5

Grün Wasser, $pellb!nder, Elleanor Burke, 8pm, $5

Wham City Comedy, 8pm, Tu, $8-$10 Rik & The Pigs, 8pm, W, $5

Forty Feet Tall, Kanawha, Black Crosses, Ozymandias, 9pm, $5 Live music, 9pm, no cover

Open mic, 7pm, M, no cover Comedy Night, 9pm, Tu, no cover

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THURSDAY 9/6

FRIDAY 9/7

SATURDAY 9/8

SUNDAY 9/9

Laughing PLanet Cafe

Jazz Jam Session Wednesdays, 7:30pm, W, no cover

941 N. Virginia St., (775) 870-9633

Living the good Life nightCLub

1480 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 841-4663

Deception, 6:30pm, no cover

Lee Kennedy, 8pm, no cover

Canyon Jam/Open Mic, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover

the Loft

Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $21-$46

Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $21-$46 Magic After Dark, 9pm, $31-$46

Magic Fusion, 7pm, 9pm, $21-$46

Midtown wine bar

DJ Trivia, 7pm, no cover

Baker Street, 8pm, no cover

The Deckheads, 8:30pm, no cover

1021 Heavenly Village Way, S.L. Tahoe, (530) 523-8024 1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960

MiLLenniuM

10007 Bridge St., Truckee, (530) 536-5029

Live music, 8pm, no cover

PaddY & irene’S iriSh Pub

Acoustic Wonderland Sessions, 8pm, no cover

PigniC Pub & Patio 235 Flint St., (775) 376-1948

Georgia Sam, Greg Gilmore, Pink Awful, Matt Bushman, 8pm, $TBA

the PoLo Lounge

Bingo Night with T-N-Keys, 6pm, no cover

906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 358-5484

1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864

Live music, 8:30pm, no cover

Tony G’s Thursday Night Blues Jam, 9pm, no cover

St. JaMeS infirMarY

445 California Ave., (775) 657-8484

whiSkeY diCk’S SaLoon

2660 Lake Tahoe Blvd., S. L. Tahoe, (530) 544-3425 17 S. Virginia St., (775) 284-7455

Live music, 8:30pm, no cover

The River Arkansas, 7pm, W, $TBA

Ladies Night Retro Party with DJ Bobby G, 8pm, no cover

DG Kicks Band, 7pm, Tu, no cover Jake La Botz , 8pm, W, $8-$10

Alvie & The Breakfast Pigs, Basha, Roxxy Machine Gun Vendetta, KrashKarma, Collie, The Happy Trails, 8pm, $5-6 Rock’N’Roll Suicides, 8pm, $5-$6

715 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-4774

Dave Manning, 6:30pm, no cover

Future Islands Sept. 10, 8 p.m.

Cargo Concert Hall 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400

El Ten Eleven, Tennis System, 8pm, $15

Shea’S tavern

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T-N-Keys, 4:30pm, Tu, no cover Krystal & Paul Duo, 8:30pm, W, no cover

7-Out, Weapons of Mass Creation, Peavine Prophets, 9pm, no cover

761 S. Virginia St., (775) 221-7451

1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks, (775) 409-3340

Magic Fusion, 7pm, M, Tu, W, $21-$46

Wednesday Night Jam, 8pm, W, no cover

the Saint

SParkS Lounge

Magic Fusion, 4:30pm, 7pm, $21-$46

Virlan Garcia, Banda Salvaje, Union Norteña, 10pm, $TBA

2100 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 378-1643

MoodY’S biStro, bar & beatS

MON-WED 9/10-9/12

Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

Reverse the Cycle, 9pm, no cover

The Jokers Wild Blues Band, 6pm, no cover

Guest DJs, 9pm, no cover

Saturday Dance Party with DJ Tigerbunny, 10pm, no cover

Phantom Witch, Black Plague Wolves, Solanum Trash, HellHeart, 9pm, $7

MADDSkillZ Almighty Invasion Showcase, 9pm, no cover

The Socks, 6:30pm, no cover

“Brother Dan” Palmer, 6:30pm, no cover

3 Day Holocaust, 8pm, Tu, $5 The Big News, All Hype, 8pm, W, $5-$6 Rockin’ Roadhouse Blues Jam, 9pm, Tu, Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover

Open mic, 9pm, M, no cover Colin Ross, 2pm, no cover Erika Paul Duo, 6:30pm, no cover

Seamus Kennedy Sept. 10, 8 p.m.

Great Basin Brewing Co. 846 Victorian Ave. Sparks 355-7711

Milton Merlos, 6:30pm, no cover Eric Stangeland, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover Moon Gravy, 6;30pm, W, no cover

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Boomtown CAsino

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THURSDAY 9/6

FRIDAY 9/7

2) The Vegas Road Show, 8pm, no cover

2) The Vegas Road Show, 4pm, no cover 2) The Vegas Road Show, 4pm, no cover 2) Michael Furlong, 8pm, no cover Michael Furlong, 10pm, no cover Michael Furlong, 10pm, no cover

2) Kick, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Stephen Lord, 6pm, no cover

2) The Look, 5pm, no cover Ebony not Quite Ivory, 9pm, no cover

2) The Starliters, 5pm, no cover The Look, 9pm, no cover

2) Tandymonium, 6pm, M, no cover Ross Lewis, 6pm, T, no cover Jason King, 6pm, W, no cover

Howie Nave, 8pm, $15

Howie Nave, 8pm, $15

The California Cowboys, 8pm, no cover

The California Cowboys, 8pm, no cover

2) Keyser Soze, 10pm, no cover

2) Bluff Caller, 10pm, no cover

1) Cirque Paris, 7pm, $19.95-$49.95 2) DJ Rizzo, 10pm, no cover

1) Cirque Paris, 8:30pm, $19.95-$59.95 3) DJ Roni V, 10pm, no cover

1) Cirque Paris, 5pm, 8:30pm, $19.95-$59.95 3) DJ Roni V, 10pm, no cover

2) Throwback Thursdays with DJ Trivia, 7pm, no cover

2) DJ Swerve-1, 10pm, $20

1) Cirque de la Symphonie with the Reno Phil, 8pm, $45-$115 2) Snoop Dogg, 10pm, $40

1) Volume Burlesque, 8:30pm, $30-$40

1) Volume Burlesque, 8:30pm, $30-$40 2) DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

1) Volume Burlesque, 8:30pm, $30-$40 2) DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

1) Hot Jersey Nights, 7:30pm, $27-$37

1) Hot Jersey Nights, 7:30pm, $27-$37

1) Hot Jersey Nights, 7:30pm, $27-$37

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Snoop Dogg Sept. 8, 10 p.m.

Grand Sierra Resort 2500 E. Second St. 789-2000

507 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 882-1626

CARson VAlley inn

1627 Hwy. 395, Minden, (775) 782-9711

CRystAl BAy CAsino

14 Hwy. 28, Crystal Bay, (775) 833-6333 1) Crown Room 2) Red Room

eldoRAdo ResoRt CAsino

345 N. Virginia St., (775) 786-5700 1) Showroom 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi

Karaoke Jimmy B’s Bar & Grill, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, (775) 686-6737: Karaoke, Fri, 9pm, no cover The Point, 1601 S. Virginia St., (775) 3223001: Karaoke, Thu-Sat, 8:30pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Ste.103, Sparks, (775) 356-6000: Karaoke, Fri-Sat, 9pm, no cover West 2nd Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., (775) 348-7976: Karaoke, Mon-Sun, 9pm, no cover

The California Cowboys, 7pm, no cover

gRAnd sieRRA ResoRt

2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-2000 1) Grand Theatre 2) LEX 3) Crystal Lounge

HARd RoCk Hotel & CAsino

50 Highway 50, Stateline, (844) 588-7625 1) Vinyl 2) Center Bar

HARRAH’s Reno

219 N. Center St., (775) 786-3232 1) Showroom 2) Sapphire Lounge 3) Plaza

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2) Jamie Rollins, 6pm, no cover

Denver Saunders, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover

1) Cirque Paris, 5pm, $19.95-$49.95

1) Cirque Paris, 7pm, Tu, W, $19.95-$49.95 2) Greg Gilmore, 10pm, no cover

1) Bogg Jazz Ensemble, 7pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Drinking with Clowns, 7pm, no cover

1) Drinking with Clowns, 7pm, no cover 2) Latin Dance Social, 7pm, $10-$20

1) Drinking with Clowns, 7pm, no cover 2) DJ Spryte, 7pm, $10-$20

1) Bogg Jazz Ensemble, 7pm, no cover

4) DJ Mo Funk, 9pm, no cover

1) Josh Turner, 8pm, $49.50-$59.50 2) Dueling Pianos, 9pm, no cover 4) Just Us, 9pm, no cover

2) Dueling Pianos, 9pm, no cover 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 4) Just Us, 9pm, no cover

2) Karaoke with Rock On Entertainment, 9pm , no cover 4) DJ Mo Funk, 9pm, no cover

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407 N. Virginia St., (775) 325-7401 1) Grand Exposition Hall 2) Rum Bullions Island Bar 3) Aura Ultra Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge

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1) Native Son, 8pm, $25-$35

1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 356-3300 1) Celebrity Showroom 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121 1) Terrace Lounge 2) EDGE 3) Tuscany Ballroom

SUNDAY 9/9

2) Israel Vibration,Roots Radics, Zion Roots, Dubfyah, 9pm, $25-$30

55 Highway 50, Stateline, (775) 588-3515 1) Showroom 2) Blu 3) Opal Ultra Lounge

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FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 06, 2018 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

COPS AND BURGERS SHOW-N-SHINE CAR SHOW: This benefit for Special Olympics of Nevada features hot rods, classic cars and other vehicles. Enjoy a barbecue hamburger prepared by local law enforcement personnel at the Cops & Burgers booth. Sat, 9/8, 9am. $5 for burger meal. Max Casino, 900 S. Carson St., Carson City, visitcarsoncity.com.

FIRST THURSDAY: Grab a drink, explore the art galleries and enjoy live music

by Mental Floss at NMA’s monthly members’ party. Thu, 9/6, 5pm. $10 general admisison, free for NMA members. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS: The summertime event features 30 food trucks, pop-up restaurants and food trailers every Friday. Local bands and artists are featured each week. Fri, 9/7, 5pm. Free admission. Idlewild Park, 1800 Idlewild Drive, facebook.com/renostreetfood.

HANDS ON! SECOND SATURDAYS: The

SEP/07

: THE GREAT RENO BALLOON RACE

Up to 100 hot air balloons will fill up the early morning sky during the three-day race and festival, which kicks off on Friday, Sept. 7, with the Super Glow Show at 5:15 a.m. The pre-dawn event showcases more than 35 balloons across the field glowing and twinkling to music. Another highlight of the event is Dawn Patrol, a choreographed light show featuring a handful of pilots who are qualified to fly their balloons in the dark. Each day will feature the mass ascension launch of all balloons and the start of the race at 7 a.m. Pilots will compete for a piece of the $11,000 prize purse as they navigate their balloons through changing wind speeds, weather conditions and terrain. The festivities continue on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 8-9, with the Glow Show at 5 a.m., Dawn Patrol at 5:15 a.m. and mass ascension at 7 a.m. Gates open at 3:30 a.m. at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, 1595 N. Sierra St. Admission is free, but on-site parking is limited. Free parking is available at the north parking lots at the University of Nevada, Reno, although vehicles must be removed by 10 a.m. Parking will also be available at the corner of North Sierra Street and McCarran Boulevard for a $10 donation to the event. Call 826-1181 or visit renoballoon.com.

EVENTS

BOOK READING & SIGNING: Brown Bag Lunch Series: Desert Mementos by Caleb S. Cage. Tue, 9/11, noon. Free. Nevada State Library, 100 N. Stewart St., Room 110, Carson City, (775) 684-3367.

BACK-TO-SCHOOL ICE CREAM SOCIAL: Enjoy a frozen treat and check out library print and digital resources to help you through the school year. Make and take home a duct tape pencil pouch and a Mod Podgedecorated spiral notebook. Try your hand at food science by making ice cream in a bag. All materials available while supply last. Thu, 9/6, 3:30pm. Free. Sierra View Library, 4001 S. Virginia St., (775) 827-3232.

CARSON CITY GHOST WALK: Hear

BALLOONS AND BLUES STRUT: The Reno Blues Society hosts its third annual pub crawl featuring four bands at four venues on Victorian Avenue. Wear your best Blues Brothers attire. $5 wristband gets you drink specials at Paddy & Irene’s Irish Pub, Great Basin Brewing Co., Mummers Bar and The Cantina. Sat, 9/8, 7:30pm. $5.

Victorian Square, Victorian Avenue, Sparks, renobluessociety.org.

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paranormal stories and gossip from the past during this guided walking tour of the Carson City’s downtown district’s west side historic homes and businesses. These scheduled tours leave rain or shine. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the walk begins. Sat, 9/8, 6pm. $15$20. McFadden Plaza, Third & Curry streets, Carson City, (775) 348-6279, carsoncityghostwalk.com.

monthly program offers free admission, hands-on art activities, storytelling, a docent-guided tour, live performances and community collaborations. Sat, 9/8, 10am-6pm. Free. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

HIGH SIERRA WRITERS: Bring your written work to share and critique with published and unpublished writers. Wed, 9/12, 7pm. Free. Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 5555 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-8882, highsierrawriters.org

INTERNATIONAL CAMEL & OSTRICH RACES: The 59th annual event features camels, ostriches and zebras racing around a track with jockeys precariously perched on their backs. Fri, 9/7,

noon, Sat, 9/8, 10am & 1:30pm; Sun, 9/9, noon. $8-$55. Virginia City Fairgrounds, 458 F St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7500, visitvirginiacitynv.com.

THE LBJs OF THE BIRD WORLD: Alan Gubanich of the Lahontan Audubon Society explains how to identify “Little Brown Jobbies,” the so-called LBJs of the bird world. He will use taxidermy mounts and photos to show how to differentiate sparrows, juncos, nuthatches, towhees and other small look-alikes. Sun, 9/9, 2pm. Free. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www. galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AIR RACES AND AIR SHOW: The 55th annual event features six different classes of race planes, aircraft and drone displays, military aircraft and aerial performances. The first three days of the event are qualifying rounds, followed by four days of multi-aircraft heat racing, concluding with Sunday’s Gold championship races. Wed, 9/12, 8am5pm. $5-$50. Reno Stead Airport, 4895 Texas Ave., (775) 972-6663, airrace.org.

NEVADA STATE MUSEUM FAMILY FUN SATURDAY—FLOWERS: Learn about Nevada wildflowers and make paper poppies as part of the museum’s Poppy Project. Sat, 9/8, 10am. $8, free for children under age 18. Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 687-4810, nvculture.org/ nevadastatemuseumcarsoncity.

PIRATES ON THE PLAZA: This fundraiser includes face painting, pirate games and a best dressed pirate contest.

There will be a showing of Disney’s classic 1950 film Treasure Island at 8pm. Sat, 9/8, 11am. McFadden Plaza, 310 S. Carson St., Carson City, visitcarsoncity.com.

QUAD MAKERSPACE: The Quad contains equipment and tools that the public can use free of charge to create, learn new skills, learn new technology, and practice artistic expression. Thu, 9/6, 3-6pm. Downtown Reno Library, 301 S. Center St., (775) 327-8300.

RENO SNAFFLE BIT FUTURITY: This a showcase of Spanish vaqueros’ horse training methods dating back to the early American West. Three-year-old horses compete in herd work, rein work and fence work. This year’s event will also feature a new competition, the Wild Filly Futurity. Mon, 9/10-Wed, 9/12, 8am. $20-$50. Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center, 1350 N. Wells Ave., renosnafflebitfuturity.com.

SMALL WONDER WEDNESDAYS: Tots age 5 and younger can participate in story time and explore The Discovery for a full hour before it opens to the public. Wed, 9/12, 9am. $10-$12. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, nvdm.org.

TUESDAY BOOK GROUP: The group meets to discuss Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Tue, 9/11, 1-2pm. Spanish Springs Library, 7100 Pyramid Way, Sparks, (775) 4241800.

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA AG FIELD DAYS: The event features demonstrations and hands-on activities focusing on the latest advancements in agriculture, horticulture, nutrition, natural resources and the environment. It is a collaborative project of the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station and University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. Sat, 9/8, 9am. Free. Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station’s Main Station Field Lab, 5895 Clean Water Way, (775) 7841660, naes.unr.edu/fieldday/default. aspx.

UNCE LITTLE BOOKS & LITTLE COOKS: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension offers a hands-on educational activity geared toward preschool children. Children will cook and read stories with their parents or caregivers. Registration is required. Fri, 9/7, 10:30am. Free. Sierra View Library, 4001 S. Virginia St., (775) 827-3232.

TAHOE/TRUCKEE CONVERSATION CAFÉ: This is a drop-in conversation forum open every week except holidays. Participate with people sharing diverse views and a passion for engaging with others over topics and news. Thu, 9/6, 10:15am. Free. Aspen Grove Community Center, Incline Village, (775) 832-1310.

HISTORIC HOUSE TOURS: Take a tour of the Hellman-Ehrman Estate at Sugar Pine Point State Park and Vikingsholm Castle at Emerald Bay State Park. Guides offer a fun glimpse into these West Shore landmarks. Thu, 9/6, Mon, 9/10, 10:30am. $0-$10. Sugar Pine Point State Park and Vikingsholm, 7360 West, Tahoma, (530) 583-9911, sierrastateparks.org.

LAKE TAHOE AUTUMN FOOD & WINE FESTIVAL: The 33rd annual festival brings together renowned winemakers and some of the region’s finest chefs for an intimate, three-day weekend full of wine tastings, culinary seminars and mountaintop dining. Tickets are offered for events à la carte or as festival packages. Fri, 9/7-Sun, 9/9. $20$280. Northstar California Resort, 5001 Northstar Drive, Truckee, www. northstarcalifornia.com.

KIDS NATURE JOURNAL CLUB: Learn skills for exploring the natural world and how to capture adventures in a nature journal. Some materials provided. Bring a notebook and pen, and dress for the weather. Sat, 9/8, 10:30am. Free. South Lake Tahoe Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, (530) 573-3185.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST & AIRPLANE RIDES: Truckee EAA Chapter 1073 holds its pancake breakfast and offers free Young Eagles airplane rides for kids ages 8-17. Sat, 9/8, 8am. TruckeeTahoe Airport, 10356 Truckee Airport Road, Truckee, www.eaa1073.org.

SIDEWALK SATURDAYS: Enjoy a day of shopping and fun in downtown Tahoe City with specials, sip ’n’ shop, music and more. Restaurants may offer a special entrée, drink or dessert and participating businesses highlight special products. Sat, 9/8, noon-5pm. Free. Tahoe City Downtown, North Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, (530) 583-3348, visittahoecity.org.

TAHOE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Enjoy fresh, local produce, delicious food and lake views at the Tahoe City Farmers’ Market every Thursday through Oct. 1. Thu, 9/6, 8am. Free. Commons Beach, 400 N. Lake Blvd, Tahoe City, (530) 5833348, tahoecityfarmersmarket.com.

TRAILS & VISTAS ART HIKES: Guides will lead three-hour long guided, interactive hikes starting in 15-minute increments winding through 12 site-specific art installations. Participants will enjoy music, performance art, ephemeral sculpture and literary art pieces placed along an earthen trail. Sat, 9/8-Sun, 9/9, 9am. $15-$45. Clair Tappaan Lodge Nature Trail, (Donner Summit ), 19940 Donner Pass Road, Norden, 8 miles from Truckee, (530) 536-0388, www. trailsandvistas.org.

ART BLACK ROCK PRESS: Bruce Licher’s unique and layered style of printing using historical techniques has been used to promote bands such as R.E.M., Camper Van Beethoven, Stereolab and more. The exhibition at the University of Nevada, Reno features Licher’s letterpress printed music ephemera, including posters, CD and record packaging and stamps. There will be a free lecture by Bruce Licher at 6pm on Nov. 1. A free reception will be held at 4:30pm on Nov. 2. Thu, 9/6-Fri, 9/7, Mon, 9/10-Wed, 9/12, 9am. Free. Black Rock Press, Jot Travis Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

CCAI COURTHOUSE GALLERY: Visual Oasis: Creative Growth. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its group show.

Visual Oasis: Works from Creative Growth includes mixed media, 3D art and 2D works. Thu, 9/6-Fri, 9/7, Tue, 9/11-Wed, 9/12, 8am-5pm. Free. CCAI Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser St., Carson City., arts-initiative.org.

COMMUNITY CENTER SIERRA ROOM: Jenny Raven—The Creative Growth Years 1979-1984. Jenny Raven lived in San Diego until the mid-1970s. Following surgery for a brain tumor that left her disabled with limited short-term memory, her family moved to Berkeley.

There she was able to access purpose and artistic guidance at Creative Growth Art Center. Raven worked in a variety of media, but she preferred drawing with pen and ink. She died at age 23, but during the last five years of her life, she thrived as an artist at CGAC developing a mature style in her art. The show runs Monday-Thursday through Oct. 18. Thu, 9/6, Tue, 9/11-Wed, 9/12, 5-8pm. Community Center Sierra Room, 851 E. William St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

E. L. WIEGAND GALLERY, OATS PARK ART CENTER: The Middle of Nowhere.

Recent sculptures, paintings and collaborations by Jay Schmidt. The show runs through Nov. 17. Thu, 9/6Wed, 9/12. Free. E. L. Wiegand Gallery, Oats Park Art Center, 151 E. Park St., Fallon, www.churchillarts.org.

KIRK ROBERTSON GALLERY, OATS PARK ART CENTER: Homage to Collage. Featuring Kirk Robertson’s mixed media works from three decades. The show runs through Nov. 17. Thu, 9/6-Wed, 9/12. Free. Kirk Robertson Gallery, Oats Park Art Center, 151 E. Park St., Fallon, www.churchillarts.org.

GALLERY EAST, MCKINLEY ARTS AND CULTURE CENTER: Untitled: A Venture into the Unknown. The exhibition features works by artist Quynh Tran.

The series deals with the artist’s conception of the liminal space—a space between worlds, thresholds or psychological states. The show runs through Sept. 7. Thu, 9/6-Fri, 9/7, 9am5pm. Free. McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-6264.

GALLERY WEST, MCKINLEY ARTS AND CULTURE CENTER: A Splash of Color.

McKinley Gallery West hosts painter Courtney Jacobs. The show runs through Sept. 7. Thu, 9/6-Fri, 9/7, 9am5pm. Free. McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 3346264, www.reno.gov.

METRO GALLERY, RENO CITY HALL: Winnemucca Valley—Nevada’s Serengeti. The Reno City Hall Metro Gallery exhibits Erik Holland’s landscape paintings of Winnemucca Valley. There will be a reception on Sept. 6, 5-7pm. Thu, 9/6-Fri, 9/7, 8am5pm. Free. Reno City Hall, 1 E. First St., (775) 334-6264, www.reno.gov.

NAMELESS COFFEE & TEA HOUSE: Midtown Mural Tour. A docent-led tour of more than 40 of the 70 murals Midtown District Reno has to offer. Learn about the artists and how this form of public art improves the life and culture of a neighborhood. Local, national and international artists are represented.

Tickets are available at the door. Sat, 9/8, 11am. $10. Nameless Coffee & Tea House, 32 Cheney St., (415) 596-4987, artspotreno.com/midtown-mural-tour.

SPARKS MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER: The Biggest Little Watercolor Show.

Sierra Watercolor Society presents its latest exhibition of original watercolor paintings by local artists and its annual judged show. A reception with the artists will be on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 1-4pm. Thu, 9/6-Sat, 9/8, Tue, 9/11Wed, 9/12, 11am. Free. Sparks Museum & Cultural Center, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, sierrawatercolorsociety.com.

FILM BROKEN PROPELLER: Gypsy Moth Productions presents Broken Propeller, The Story of the First Responders at the 2011 Reno Air Race Crash. Ticket sales benefit the Cherie Elvin Memorial Fund at Renown Health Foundation, created by the Elvin Family as a legacy to honor their mother, Cherie, who died at the 2011 Reno Air Races Thu, 9/6, 8am. $25. Joe Crowley Theater, Joe Crowley Student Union, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., www. gypsymothproductions.com.

KISS ME DEADLY: Artemisia Moviehouse presents a screening of the 1955 crime/film-noir directed by Robert Aldrich. Sun, 9/9, 6pm. $5-$9. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 124 W. Taylor St., (775) 636-3386, www. artemisiamovies.weebly.com.

KISSED BY GOD: Squaw Valley Institute hosts the premiere of this film about bipolar disorder and opioid addiction as seen through the life of three-time world champion surfer Andy Irons. Thu, 9/6, 7pm. $10-$15, free for SVI members. Olympic Village Lodge, 1901 Chamonix Place, Olympic Valley, www. squawvalleyinstitute.org.

TAHOE GALLERY, SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: To My Brother. Collyn Ahren’s exhibition is a collection of artifacts from the artist’s personal, therapeutic processes. Thu, 9/6-Fri, 9/7, Mon, 9/10Wed, 9/12. Free. Tahoe Gallery at Sierra Nevada College, 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, www.sierranevada.edu.

MUSEUMS NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM: Building the Space Station. Meet Brad Haddock, former program manager for the International Space Station, and learn how he and colleagues helped build the largest spaceship. Take a tour of the space station with astronaut Tom Jones in the dome show We Choose Space! and use VR headsets and tablets to explore space station modules. Make your own space station plant lab. Sat, 9/8, 9:30am. $12. National Automobile Museum, 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl; Art of the Greater West; BLOOM: Ken Goldberg, Sanjay Krishnan, Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg; Celebrating Israel’s 70th Anniversary: Michal Rovner and Tal Shochat; History of Transportation: A Mural Study by Helen Lundeberg; James Turrell: Roden Crater; Maya Lin: Pin River—Tahoe Watershed; The Nuclear Landscape; Trevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector; Judith Belzer: The Panama Project; The Lasting World: Simon Dinnerstein and The Fulbright Triptych. Thu, 9/6-Sun, 9/9, Wed, 9/12, 10am. $1-$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., www.nevadaart.org.

NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: The Biggest Little Orchestra in the World: 50 Years of the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra.

This exhibition is a collaboration between the Nevada Historical Society, the Reno Philharmonic and Nevada Humanities. Thu, 9/6-Sat, 9/8, Tue, 9/11-Wed, 9/12, 10am. $5, free for children age 17 and younger. Nevada Historical Society, 1650 N. Virginia St., (775) 688-1190.

MUSIC 9/11 MEMORIAL CONCERT: TOCCATATahoe Symphony Orchestra’s 13th SummerFest concludes with a commemoration of the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. Fri, 9/7, 7pm. St. Theresa Catholic Church, 1041 Lyons Ave., South Lake Tahoe; Sun, 9/9, 4pm. St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 1070 Plumb Lane; Tue, 9/11, 7pm.

The Cornerstone Church, 300 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, $0-$40. (775) 298-6989, toccatatahoe.org.

ARGENTA TRIO: Join the University of Nevada, Reno’s acclaimed trio-inresidence and new clarinet faculty Joshua Anderson in a program of works

by Bonis, Brahms and Stravinsky. Sun, 9/9, 3pm. $20, free for UNR students with ID. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, 1335 N. Virginia St., University of Nevada, Reno, (775) 784-4278.

BIGGEST LITTLE FESTIVAL: The Associated Students of the University of Nevada present its inaugural music and arts event featuring national and local musical acts, student art, local food trucks, a silent disco, vendors and nonprofits and more. Sat, 9/8, 5pm. $27.

Reno Events Center, 400 N. Center St., (775) 784-6589, www.facebook.com/ events/1647446258902028.

CHAKRAPANI SINGH: The award-winning instrumentalist’s repertoire ranges from traditional, classical compositions on the slide guitar to his innovative, improvisational renditions on the kachappi veena, a plucked stringed instrument originating in ancient India.

Singh will be joined by tabla player Peter Fairley. Sat, 9/8, 6pm. $30-$35. Carson City Yoga, 305 N. Carson St., Ste. 202, (775) 336-9733, carsoncityyoga.com.

DEBE’S CONCERT—LOVE & OTHER STRANGENESS: Spend an intimate

OLEANNA: Reno Little Theater presents

evening with Debe Fennell as she shares some of her favorite songs and insider stories from the music business. She’ll be accompanied by pianist John Shipley. Thu, 9/6, 8pm. $25.

National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection), 10 S. Lake St., (775) 333-9300.

David Mamet’s two-character battle of the sexes: John, a pompous professor on the verge of tenure, and on the edge about it, and Carol, his student who feels she is failing in his class.

Performances are Thursday-Sunday through Sept. 23. Fri, 9/7-Sat, 9/8, 7:30pm; Sun, 9/9, 2pm. $15-$25. Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900, renolittletheater.org.

KARAOKE DANCE PARTY: The familyfriendly dance party features DJ Steven Rocks, who will play requests and encourage all who attend to sing their favorite songs. Local food truck Nevada Nosh will have food available for purchase outside the museum. Fri, 9/7, 5:30pm. Free. Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada, 803 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 884-2226.

SPORTS & FITNESS GUIDED HIKE: Enjoy a guided hike through

THE MAGIC OF MUSIC—CELEBRATING 50 YEARS: Enjoy cocktails and dinner followed by a performance by the Reno Philharmonic featuring Cirque de la Symphonie as they perform daring and extraordinary feats of artistry. The event celebrates the Reno Phil’s 50th anniversary. Sat, 9/8, 5pm. $250-$500.

Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St., (775) 323-6393, renophil.com.

RADIO FREE HONDURAS: A diverse collective of Chicago musicians continuing a rich tradition of Honduran music while transcending musical genres showcasing the artistry of Charlie Baran. A native Honduran, Charlie has lived in Chicago for many years since immigrating to America with his family.

The live shows include mostly songs in Spanish, both originals and classic hits, played in a wide variety of Latin styles. Wed, 9/12, 7:30pm. $22-$30.

Valhalla Boathouse Theatre, 1 Valhalla Road, South Lake Tahoe, valhallatahoe. com.

Galena Creek Park with a local specialist. Please bring appropriate clothing and plenty of water. The hike intensity varies, depending on the audience. Sat, 9/8, 10am. Free. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948, www. galenacreekvisitorcenter.org.

IDLEWILD HEALTH WALKS: Truckee Meadows Parks Foundation and the Sanford Center for Aging offer interpretive walks specifically designed for people living with dementia and their care partners. The walks focus on phenology, which is the study of seasonal change in relation to plant and animal life. Tue, 9/11, 10am. Free.

Idlewild Park, 50 Cowan Drive, www. tmparksfoundation.org.

RENO RUNNING FEST: A number of races will be offered including the sixth annual Reno 10 Miler & Relay, the 50th annual Journal Jog, the Main Drag Dash and a new event, the Reno Mile. Sat, 9/8-Sun, 9/9, 7:30am. $10-$120. Various locations in Reno, (775) 825-3399, race178.com/reno-running-fest.

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ONSTAGE

GROW YOUR OWN, NEVADA!: University

ANIMAL: Restless Artists Theatre Company presents Claire Lizzimore’s darkly comic play about the underside of domesticity, the complexity of the brain in chaos and the thin line between sinking and survival. Thu, 9/6-Sat, 9/8, 7:30pm; Sun, 9/9, 2pm. $8-$15. Restless Artists Theatre Company, 295 20th St., Sparks, www.rattheatre.org.

BARE—A POP OPERA: This contemporary rock musical follows a group of students at a Catholic boarding school as they grapple with issues of sexuality, identity and the future. Thu, 9/6-Fri,

9/7, 7pm; Sat, 9/8, 2pm & 7pm; Sun, 9/9, 2pm. Free. The Summit Mall, 13925 S.

Virginia St., barereno.org.

BRUKA THEATRE AUDITIONS: Brüka Theatre

of Nevada Cooperative Extension offers four classes to help Nevadans who want to get on a path to more sustainable, local, healthy living by growing and preserving more of their own food. Classes are held live in Reno and via interactive video to Cooperative Extension offices statewide. The classes will be held on Tuesdays, Sept. 11-Oct. 2. Tue, 9/11, 6-8pm. $15-$30. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, 4955 Energy Way, www.growyourownnevada.com.

WEEKLY WONDERS SPARKS ART CLASS: Arts for All Nevada offers 90-minute workshops for people with intellectual disabilities every Thursday evening. Thu, 9/6, 4pm. Free. Larry D. Johnson Community Center, 1200 12th St., Sparks, www.artsforallnevada.org.

will hold open auditions for its 26th season. Actors will be seen by the directors of the season productions in groups of five. Prepare one to two monologues (preferably contrasting monologues if you choose to do more than one). The maximum time is two minutes total time for each audition. Please bring your current resume and a photo. Callbacks will be held at a later date. The company also seeks technical people and volunteers. Mon, 9/10, 6pm. $8-$15.

Brüka Theatre, 99 N. Virginia St., (775) 323-3221, www.signupgenius.com/ go/20f0e44ada72ea5fb6-1718

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Today, HECM loans are simply an effective way for homeowners 62 and older to get the extra cash they need to enjoy retirement.

Although today’s HECM loans have been improved to provide even greater financial protection for homeowners, there are still many misconceptions.

For example, a lot of people mistakenly believe the home must be paid off in full in order to qualify for a HECM loan, which is not the case. In fact, one key advantage of a HECM is that the proceeds will first be used to pay off any existing liens on the property, which frees up cash flow, a huge blessing for seniors living on a fixed income. Unfortunately, many senior homeowners who might be better off with HECM loan don’t even bother to get more information because of rumors they’ve heard.

That’s a shame because HECM loans are helping many senior homeowners live a better life.

In fact, a recent survey by American Advisors Group (AAG), the nation’s number one HECM lender, found that over 90% of their clients are satisfied with their loans.

While these special loans are not for everyone, they can be a real lifesaver for senior homeowners.

The cash from a HECM loan can be used for any purpose. Many people use the money to save on interest

FACT: In 1988, President Reagan signed an FHA bill that put HECM loans into law. charges by paying off credit cards or other high-interest loans. Other common uses include making home improvements, paying off medical bills or helping other family members. Some people simply need the extra cash for everyday expenses while others are now using it as a “safety net” for financial emergencies.

If you’re a homeowner age 62 or older, you owe it to yourself to learn more so that you can make an informed decision. Homeowners who are interested in learning more can request a free 2018 HECM loan Information Kit and free Educational DVD by calling American Advisors Group toll-free at 1-(800) 841-5860.

At no cost or obligation, the professionals at AAG can help you find out if you qualify and also answer common questions such as: 1. What’s the government’s role?

2. How much money might I get?

3. Who owns the home after I take out a HECM loan?

You may be pleasantly surprised by what you discover when you call AAG for more information today.

Source: http://reversemortgagedaily.com/2016/06/21/seniors-home-equity-grows-to-6-trillion-reverse-mortgage-opportunity. 2If you qualify and your loan is approved, a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) must pay off any existing mortgage(s). With a HECM loan, no monthly mortgage payment is required. A HECM increases the principal mortgage loan amount and decreases home equity (it is a negative amortization loan).

AAG works with other lenders and nancial institutions that offer HECMs. To process your request for a loan, AAG may forward your contact information to such lenders for your consideration of HECM programs that they offer. When the loan is due and payable, some or all of the equity in the property no longer belongs to borrowers, who may need to sell the home or otherwise repay the loan with interest from other proceeds.

AAG charges an origination fee, mortgage insurance premium, closing costs and servicing fees (added to the balance of the loan). The balance of the loan grows over time and AAG charges interest on the balance.

Interest is not tax-deductible until the loan is partially or fully repaid. Borrowers are responsible for paying property taxes and homeowner’s insurance (which may be substantial). We do not establish an escrow account for disbursements of these payments. A set-aside account can be set up to pay taxes and insurance and may be required in some cases. Borrowers must occupy home as their primary residence and pay for ongoing maintenance; otherwise the loan becomes due and payable. The loan also becomes due and payable when the last borrower, or eligible non-borrowing surviving spouse, dies, sells the home, permanently moves out, defaults on taxes or insurance payments, or does not otherwise comply with the loan terms. American Advisors Group (AAG) is headquartered at 3800 W. Chapman Ave., 3rd & 7th Floors, Orange CA, 92868..

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by AMY ALKON

Mock love to me My boyfriend has this irritating habit of making fun of my outfits or my spray tan. When I get upset, he says I’m being “sensitive.” I try to look cute for him, and I just don’t think it’s funny for your boyfriend to mock your appearance. Is this his issue or mine? If it’s his, how do I get him to stop?

Women are generally more sensitive to jabs about their looks.

This makes sense if you look at sex differences in the qualities we evolved to prioritize in a mate. Of course, we all want a hottie if we can get one—just as we’d take the Malibu mansion with the stable, the tennis courts and the manservants over the basement apartment with all the charm of a broom closet in a Dickensian orphanage.

But in mating, as in life, we tend to be on a budget. Evolutionary social psychologist Norman Li and his colleagues recognized that, and instead of asking research participants the open-ended, sky’s-the-limit question “So, what do you want in a mate?” they gave them a limited “mating budget.” This, in turn, forced participants to decide which traits and qualities were “necessities” and which were “luxuries.”

The Li team’s results echo a body of cross-cultural findings on mate preferences. Men in their study overwhelmingly deemed “physical attractiveness” a “necessity.”

Consider that the female features men find beautiful correlate with health and fertility in a woman.

Meanwhile, the women they surveyed, under these “budgetary” constraints, overwhelmingly went for “status/resources” over male hottiehood. This reflects women’s evolved motivation to go for men with an ability to invest in any children who might pop out after sex.

Because women coevolved with men, they are subconsciously attuned to men’s prioritizing physical appearance in female partners.

This, in turn, leads a woman’s emotions to sound the alarm—in the form of fear and hurt feelings— when her male partner seems to find her less than lookalicious.

Explain these sex differences to your boyfriend so he can understand why you feel bad about his taunts in a way he probably doesn’t from, say, putdown-fests with his dudebros. Encourage him to tactfully tell you if something in your look isn’t

doing it for him. In time—assuming he’s an accidental meanie—he should start showing a little restraint, merely blurting out “You look good enough to eat!” and not going on to part two: “Because that spray tan makes you a dead ringer for a giant Cheeto.”

Pitch-slapped I’m a woman who’s very feminine and considered pretty. However, I have a deep voice—to the point where I’m sometimes mistaken for a man on the phone. I’ve learned to laugh about it, but it sometimes makes me feel bad, especially when I hear a bunch of other women talking.

In social situations, nobody’s mistaking you for Darth Vader in a dress. On the phone, however, they’re missing the visual information. There’s only the audio. In other words, those who think they’re hearing a man are not making some sneering judgment about your femininity; they are simply reacting based on averages—how, on average, women tend to have higher, chirpier voices.

On a positive note, according to research by social-personality psychologist Joey T. Cheng, women with deep voices are—if not more likely to rule the world—more likely to be perceived as the dames to do it. In Cheng’s experiments, both women and men with low-pitched voices were viewed as more dominant and higher in social rank.

That’s probably why former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, while running for office in the 1970s, worked with a speech coach to deepen the pitch of her voice. This helped her make the transition from cuddly mummy to “The Iron Lady.”

Try to remember that you’re a package as a person. Your voice is just part of the entire “very feminine” you. Maybe relabel your voice “sultry,” like those of some of the sexiest screen babes—for example, Scarlett Johansson and Lauren Bacall. Ω

ERIK HOLLAND

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave., No. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com).

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by ROb bRezsny

For the week oF September 6, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Now is an excellent time to feel and explore and understand and even appreciate your sadness. To get you in the mood, here’s a list of sadnesses from novelist Jonathan Safran Foer: sadness of the couldhave-been; sadness of being misunderstood; sadness of having too many options; sadness of being smart; sadness of awkward conversations; sadness of feeling the need to create beautiful things; sadness of going unnoticed; sadness of domesticated birds; sadness of arousal being an unordinary physical state; sadness of wanting sadness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you have any feral

qualities lurking deep down inside you? Have you ever felt a mad yearning to communicate using howls and yips instead of words? When you’re alone, do you sometimes dispense with your utensils and scoop the food off your plate with your fingers? Have you dreamed of running through a damp meadow under the full moon for the sheer ecstasy of it? Do you on occasion experience such strong erotic urges that you feel like you could weave your body and soul together with the color green or the sound of a rain-soaked river or the moon rising over the hills? I ask these questions, Taurus, because now is an excellent time to draw on the instinctual wisdom of your feral qualities.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Close some doors

today,” writes novelist Paulo Coelho. “Not because of pride, incapacity, or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.” I endorse his advice for your use, Gemini. In my astrological opinion, you’ll be wise to practice the rough but fine art of saying NO. It’s time for you to make crisp decisions about where you belong and where you don’t; about where your future fulfillment is likely to thrive and where it won’t; about which relationships deserve your sage intimacy and which tend to push you in the direction of mediocrity.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): To casual observers,

you may seem to be an amorphous hodgepodge, or a simmering mess of semi-interesting confusion, or an amiable dabbler headed in too many directions at once. But in my opinion, casual observers would be wrong in that assessment. What’s closer to the symbolic truth about you is an image described by poet Carolyn Forché: grapes that are ripening in the fog. Here’s another image that resonates with your current state: sea turtle eggs gestating beneath the sand on a misty ocean beach. One further metaphor for you: the bright yellow flowers of the evening primrose plant, which only bloom at night.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I want to make sure that the groove you’re in doesn’t devolve into a rut. So I’ll ask you unexpected questions to spur your imagination in unpredictable directions. Ready?

1. How would you describe the untapped riches in the shadowy part of your personality? 2. Is there a rare object you’d like to own because it would foster your feeling that the world has magic and miracles? 3. Imagine the perfect party you’d love to attend and how it might change your life for the better. 4. What bird most reminds you of yourself? 5. What’s your most evocative and inspiring taboo daydream?

6. In your past, were there ever experiences that made you cry for joy in ways that felt almost orgasmic? How might you attract or induce a catharsis like that sometime soon?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): By volume, the Amazon

is the largest river in the world. But where does it originate? Scientists have squabbled about that issue for over 300 years. Everyone agrees the source is in southwestern Peru. But is it the Apurímac River? The Marañón? The Mantaro? There are good arguments in favor of each. Let’s use this question as a poetic subtext as we wonder and meditate about the origin of your life force, Virgo. As is the case for the Amazon, your source has long been mysterious. But I suspect that’s going to change during the next 14 months. And the clarification process begins soon.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When Warsan Shire

was a child, she immigrated to the UK with her Somalian parents. Now she’s a renowned poet who writes vividly about refugees, immigrants and other marginalized people. To provide

support and inspiration for the part of you that feels like an exile or fugitive or displaced person, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I offer you two quotes by Shire.

1. “I belong deeply to myself.” 2. “Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself— what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Once in a while came a moment when everything seemed to have something to say to you.” So says a character in Alice Munro’s short story “Jakarta.” Now I’m using that message as the key theme of your horoscope. Why? Because you’re at the peak of your ability to be reached, to be touched, to be communicated with. You’re willing to be keenly receptive. You’re strong enough to be deeply influenced. Is it because you’re so firmly anchored in your understanding and acceptance of who you are?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1928, novelist

Virginia Woolf wrote a letter to her friend Saxon Sidney Turner. “I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading,” she confided, “since one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time.” My usual inclination is to counsel you Sagittarians to focus on one or two important matters rather than on a multitude of semi-important matters. But in accordance with current astrological omens, I’m departing from tradition to suggest you adopt Woolf’s approach to books as your approach to everything. Your life in the coming weeks should be less like an acoustic ballad and more like a symphony for 35 instruments.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Not many goats

can climb trees, but there are daredevils in Morocco that do. They go in quest of the delicious olive-like berries that grow on argan trees. The branches on which they perch may be 30 feet off the ground. I’m naming them as your power creature for the coming weeks. I think you’re ready to ascend higher in search of goodies.

You have the soulful agility necessary to transcend your previous level of accomplishment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): From 49-45 B.C.,

civil war wracked the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar led forces representing the common people against armies fighting for the aristocracy’s interests. In 45 B.C., Caesar brought a contingent of soldiers to Roman territory in North Africa, intent on launching a campaign against the enemy. As the general disembarked from his ship, he accidentally slipped and fell.

Thinking fast, he exclaimed, “Africa, I have tight hold of you!” and clasped the ground, thus implying he had lowered himself on purpose in a ritual gesture of conquest. In this way, he converted an apparent bad omen into a positive one. And indeed, he won the ensuing battle, which was the turning point that led to ultimate victory and the war’s end. That’s good role modeling for you right now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Below are sweet

words from poets I love. I invite you to use them to communicate with anyone who is primed to become more lyrically intimate with you. The time is right for you to reach out! 1. “You look like a sea of gems.”—Qahar Aasi 2. “I love you with what in me is unfinished.”—Robert Bly 3. “Yours is the light by which my spirit’s born.”—E. E. Cummings 4. “Tell me the most exquisite truths you know.”—Barry Hannah 5.

“It’s very rare to know you, very strange and wonderful.”—F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “When you smile like that you are as beautiful as all my secrets.”—Anne Carson 7. Everything you say is “like a secret voice speaking straight out of my own bones.”—Sylvia Plath

You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18+. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

by BRAD BYNUm

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And you also started volunteering at Our Center?

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Tim Allison, 53, moved to Sparks in December from San Jose. “I’ve morphed so many times in my life,” he said recently. “I traveled with the Grateful Dead for six months. I was in a punk band, and I went to a Christian college.” And he worked at Apple for 11 years as a senior supply chain manager.

Senior supply chain manager?

It’s running large infrastructure projects for Apple, [enterprise resource planning] systems like SAP and Oracle. I also did projects for their distribution centers.

There’s one in Reno—out in Sparks. I did some projects out there as well. So, that’s why I came out to this area, saw the area. I have a twin brother who actually lives here in Reno, been here 15 years.

So that’s been my draw here. Me and my partner have looked to come out here for 10 years and finally pulled the trigger. … I like the climate. I like the people. I like the affordability and the opportunity aspect here. When I did my research, there’s a lot of opportunities to do volunteer work. I wanted to get out of the hustle and bustle of Silicon Valley. I like the idea of a smaller commute to get places. ... I love the outdoor aspects of the summertime here.

I went to almost 10 free shows this year, just going to the rib cook-off and all the things like that. ... Been with my partner for 21 years, getting married at the end of the month up at Red Hawk.

Congratulations.

I have a 24-year-old daughter who still lives in the Bay Area. I have an advanced degree in psychology, but I never really used it—a master’s. I wanted to look back, see what was happening, and give back. ...

My first outreach was to Sierra Safari Zoo.

What drew you to them?

I think that it was so far removed from working with technology. I wanted to get outside. I wanted to feel like I was doing some hands-on work. I didn’t know it would be cleaning manure and feeding animals and taking care of them—exotic animals.

I’ve taken care of zebras and tigers and lions and porcupines and camels and baboons. … kind of also wanted to get past my phobia of animals. So that was a draw. And the zoo is a great environment because they welcome volunteers and nurture volunteers.

I started volunteering at Our Center about five weeks ago. As a gay man, I’ve always wanted to give back. I’ve done the pride stuff, but never felt like I was in touch. I was working 70 hours a week at Apple and there just wasn’t that time to really commit to it. … And I really wanted to network with people. I’m opening up a whole new infrastructure. I lived 53 years in the same place, so I had a huge network, coming here where I knew my brother and my realtor, and that’s about it. So, I thought, what better than to man a front desk where I don’t know who’s going to walk in here. ... I see a lot of passion with the people who work here—very similar to the zoo. The people who work there, that give their time, really care about the organization.

How do you respond when you hear Adam Laxalt and others running anti-California campaigns?

It’s frustrating, because I think of how California has succeeded and how they’ve built their different demographics. ...

I’m biased toward Northern California because that’s where I’m from. But I think they can get a lot to offer. I think that’s why the high-tech is moving here. It’s nice to have some of that Silicon Valley experience to come here. There’s a lot of money in California. I think they’re stupid not to open it up. I’m an example. I’m a good citizen. I give back to the community.

I believe in investing in where I live. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

A guide to non-opioids for drug warriors It’s not every year that one would describe Burn Week on the playa as “lovely,” but from all indications and reports, that’s exactly what it was for 2018, with Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Labor Day featuring highs between 80 and 90, and most importantly, light, mellow, undusty breezes. I give credit to the Ghost of Larry, who I’m sure had something to do with it. In fact, I was kinda surprised that there wasn’t a huge 3-D hologram of Larry hovering in the sky over Temple Burn, but maybe that idea was a little too corny for the inner circle of raging visionaries who’ve given us so many mind-bending moments over the years.

But I have to scoff at that Drugnet Dragnet conducted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Paiute Rez this year, with the justification for this operation pinned on the fact that there’s

an opioid crisis on America’s reservations, so agents are out there trying to put a dent in this nasty scourge by cracking down on these devious druggy Burners as they drive through Nixon and hold on, wait a sec, say what?

Hey, I’m sure there are indeed opioid problems with the tribes.

Hell, there seems to be opioid problems with every demographic in every ethnic group these days.

But if we’re gonna make deranged dope generalizations here, allow me to fire up this one—Burners are to opioids what Trump is to pole vaulting. You dig?

In support of myself, check out these Pershing County Sheriff stats from the 2017 Burn.

The number one drug confiscated by the cops? Mushrooms.

Not Oxycontin. Not Vicodin. Not smack. Good ole brain-bending shrooms. (Terence McKenna would be proud!) Number two—

pot. 3. Good Golly Miss Molly (as in Ecstasy) 4. Cocaine. 5. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. 6. Ketamine (!) 7. Methamphetamine.

You see any opioids in that mix?

Me, neither. The common generalization, supported by these numbers, is that Burners are much more about ecstatogens than opiates. Of course, there were various Oxies out in Black Rock City this year. It’s a city of 75,000, fercrissake. There had to be some. But using the sheriff’s bust list, we can also safely assert that Paiute opioid addicts don’t have much to fear from glowing, gifting Burners, who would much rather talk to God than rock the nod.

So next year, BIA, if you wanna pull people over for going 26 in a 25, and then subject them to the twitchy dope dog, have a better bullshit cover story. Kay? Ω

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