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Building The New World.
Thomas Lloyd Qualls is a writer, a condition that is apparently incurable. He manages his condition, in part, by regular contributions to Reno Tahoe Tonight Magazine and to the Wild Heart Writers. He's also a novelist, a painter, and through his law practice - a sometimes salvager of troubled lives.
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The poet Muriel Rukeyser once explained to us that the universe is made up of stories, not atoms. I believe her for a number of reasons. Not the least of which is that each atom is a universe unto itself. Each with its own story. If the universe is made up of stories, then our world is no different. Its own atoms endlessly telling their own stories. Each one as urgently as if it had never been told. Even if no one is listening. Because no story is ever told in vain. Every word we utter changes the world. One small word whispered into a night sky while lying in a field of stars and staring up into eternity changes forever the landscape into which it ascends. Forever and ever. Every word. Every moment. Every day. From seven million mouths and growing. And there is nothing more real than this. Nothing. Every single word is powered by light and matter, born of will, and infused with all the sound and fury of universes colliding in space. Every single word. String them together and it is difficult to comprehend what you have unleashed. But you, as the poet Joy Harjo once said, who though you could say nothing, write poetry. Yes, you. Your words are poetry whether you believe it or not. Whether you understand it or not. The world is made up of stories. And stories are made up of voices. Your voice and mine. And billions of other peoples' voices we don't know and will never meet. We are all creating the world together. And that seems like a pretty important task. One that we ought to maybe pay greater attention to than we do. Those of us who regularly sit down at the computer and open up our veins understand the importance of words. But even we fuck it up when it comes to the use of words in our daily lives. We curse in traffic. We yell at our kids. We tell half-truths and whole lies. We wallow in self-pity. We disparage our neighbors. We rage against the
powers that be. We utter whole paragraphs of disbelief and chapter upon chapter of despair. What other world could we live in than this one. With all our rage and our woes, our clever deceit and our self-fulfilling strife, the volumes of chaos that we utter every day. Yes. You heard me right. You and I are responsible for this madness. And we are also responsible for every beautiful thing that has ever come to be. You and me. Us. We are one in this. Co-creators of the common ecstasy of life, the universe, and everything. And yes, because you asked, this includes love. Because of course it does. Because love is all there is. Love is the DNA of everything. The building blocks of life. And guess what. love is a word. love is the word. love writes its own story. love writes you in. And once you are in, it's all over. That is, the story has begun. And there's no getting off the page. We are building. And they are definitely coming. As fast as our words can carry them. In crafting the poem for a new world, those who would speak must be silent. And those who would be silent must speak. Until we have reset the rhythmic pattern and flow of the universe. Until our stories have filled it to the brim with the beauty of living these lives of light and clay. It is time to invite the world out for coffee and a new conversation. Let's pretend we don't know each other. Let's ask new questions. Let's put down our phones. Let's take good notes. Let's crack open a fresh journal and start a new poem. The world is made up of stories. And stories are made up of voices. It's time to use yours. Join me. Let's build the new world.
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Reno Art Fest On The River August 19 and 20, 2017
Reno’s Only Juried Art Festival Makes Big Changes Reno’s only juried visual art festival returns for its eighth year, but with big changes designed to attract a larger audience to view the works of more than 40 local and regional fine artists and provide a venue to sell it. The Reno Art Fest On The River, formerly known as Reno Art Blast, is moving from McKinley Arts Center, on the edge of downtown, to City Plaza. The reimagined event takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on August 19 and August 20. “Over the past few years, we've grown the event and reached out to even more artists,” said Megan Berner, chair of the City of Reno Arts & Culture Commission. “With our new location at the City Plaza, we are hoping to give these artists even more exposure and opportunity to interact with the community. It's a really unique event in Reno that puts attention on the talent right here in our community.” With hopes of providing a true arts festival atmosphere, they’re adding roving musicians, a beer garden, wine tasting by the Riverwalk Merchants Association, and local food trucks. “This year, we’re excited to present the festivities and sale on our beautiful Downtown Plaza,” Berner said. “With over three times the artists we’ve invited in the past, this year promises to be the best Reno Arts Fest ever.”
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The local artists that have been chosen for this event are: Sally Cohen, Sher LaGault, Edward S. Peterson, Angelica Terrell, Becca Ewart, Terry Huskett, Arthur Richmond, Nick Noyes, Shelby McAuliffe, Bryce Chisholm, Carola Nan Roach, Natasha Stanton, Rick Mosher, Carol Foldvary-Anderson, Jennifer Charboneau, Pan Pantoja, Johnathan Farber, Asa Kennedy, L.L. Mattas, Lainie Vreeland, Kendel Leslie, Nathaniel Benjamin, and Steven Addi. Artists are chosen through a juried process that includes arts professionals in the community. “This creates a professional atmosphere while also giving artists the experience of putting together a competitive application that would allow them to be able to apply for similar festivals and exhibitions,” Berner said. In addition to selling their art on the Plaza, each participant chooses a piece that is part of an exhibition at Sierra Arts Gallery. The City of Reno purchases the audience's favorite piece based on votes from the community. The purchased piece then goes into the City's public art collection, which is on display in the various city buildings. “It's an honor for the artist and a way for the City to expand its ever-growing collection by purchasing quality work from our own artists,” Berner said.
Artist Lisa Kurt, who participated in the 2014 and 2015 art fairs, said it was an enriching event. “Reno has such a great art scene that keeps growing and getting better and ArtFest is such a fun art event to attend and participate in,” she said. “Our community is so supportive of the arts and I had a lot of fun hanging out with all the other artists, too.” Another change this year is the addition of national artists through the collaboration with CWB Events, which is a company that produces fine arts festivals in California and Nevada. Alexis Hill, Arts, Culture and Special Events Manager for the City of Reno, said the partnership will introduce new artists to Reno and provide a network for local artists. “The City of Reno is proud to support Reno Art Fest,” Hill said. “We believe in supporting local artists as well as connecting them to other nation-wide artists, which is why the CWB event partnership is so important.” What: Reno Art Fest On The River When: Sat., Aug. 19 and Sun., Aug. 20 from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
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AUGUST FIRST BRIT OF EXCITEMENT Can you feel that? The dust blowing across your face; the Distrikt Music Camp's ‘womping beats’ rumbling through the ground and vibrating through your veins...and the endless skyline of neon lights. That's right my lovely burners, it's time to go )’(ome to Black Rock City. This year’s Burning Man Festival theme is ‘Radical Ritual’. Reno turns to dust before and after this magical week in the desert. The Nevada Museum of Art showcases “City of Dust: The Evolution of Burning Man, an exhibit running from July through the end of the year. Enjoy journals, photographs and other artifacts before, after and during this incredible festival. nevadaart.org/exhibition/ city-of-dust-the-evolution-of-burning-man. BITS YUM, THE MOST DELICIOUS MASH UP OF THE SUMMER. Mama’s Cookin and Mojo Green make the Crystal Bay Club Casino extra groovy on August 18th. Get extra funky with these hip tunes and chill out on this hot summer night. Need an extra relaxation moment? Stay for the after show with Smoked out Soul in the red room. Find your sweet escape tickets here: bit.ly/2qIHUox. THE MOST ‘BINGE-WORTHY’ SHOW SINCE BREAKING BAD. The “Reno Kennel Club All Breed Dog Show” comes to the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center August 18th through the 20th. Woof! Woof! Grab your favorite bone and sparkly collar and be ready to get a ‘paw’tograph and head to this barking best how in the west. Purchase your tickets atrenokennelclub.org/#/home. 14 Reno Tahoe Tonight
CLIMB THAT BEANSTALK AND COME UP TO JAM OUT TINY MUSICIAN. I would travel through any fairy tale to get to this great show with headliner Young the Giant at the Grand Sierra Resort and casino on August 19th. Their Home of the Strange tour includes songs like “My Body” and “Cough Syrup” and guest stars Cold War Kids. Grab your magic jelly beans and let’s go! grandsierraresort.com/ entertainment-and-nightlife/young-the-giant OMG! IT’S ELSA! Unless you live under a rock on the continent of Antarctica – or you don’t know anyone under the age of 15 – you should be ecstatic that Idina Menzel is coming to Reno. This Broadway star turned household name for her voice as Elsa in the Disney favorite, Frozen goes on stage at the Grand Sierra Resort on August 25th. Find a little magic and music here. You can totally sit with us: grandsierraresort.com/ entertainment-and-nightlife/idina-menzel. WHY DON’T WE JUST DANCE? Get your cowboy boots on and be ready to swoon over the hottest thing to come out of Texas since hot sauce, country sensation Josh Turner. With boot scoot boogie hits like “Would You Go With Me” and “Time is Love,” the Silver Legacy Resort goes Western on September 2nd with this platinum star. Get your tickets at grandsierraresort.com/ entertainment-and-nightlife/idina-menzel. LAST BIT OF ADVICE: School is ‘back from the Summer’ want to help some little ones start their year off right at school by donating school supplies to our local homeless shelter, Volunteers of America. For more information on how to help a child and donate this year visit their website: voa-ncnn.org. Being a hero to a local student is as easy as A-B-C! Also, it means you are more brilliant than Einstein and you deserve more apples than the best teacher.
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DR. JOHN WHITNEY CEO ITRONICS INC. Imagine a World Without Waste
Itronics Inc. (ITRO), the one of a kind, world-
changing northern Nevada company, is a green technology development company that is succeeding in taking one of the most toxic liquids produced in the U.S.--spent silver-bearing photographic liquids – and recycling/converting 100% of it into eleven different formulas of liquid speciality fertilizers, and into silver production. Additionally, the Itronics team’s ongoing research and development has created new applications for their secret technology in harvesting precious resources from other waste streams, including tons of e-scrap and mining tailings, turning into a portfolio of breakthrough, zero waste technology.
The company has entered into an agreement to purchase personal computer circuit boards from a northern Nevada computer services company, Disability Resources, Inc./New2U Computers, that refurbishes used computer equipment donated by local businesses and individuals in the northern Nevada community. New2U disassembles discarded personal computers that cannot be repaired and sorts the components for sale to recyclers. New2U Computers provides an on-the-job training program for individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans, through its Employment Development Program. New2U Computers recently received a grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeves Foundation to purchase customized work benches that will be used for computer disassembly by job trainees. You talk about sustainability…This is making the most of human resources; working to the best of their capabilities to salvage and put back to work precious metals that would otherwise be discarded into one of our landfills. Itronics now makes silver bullion from their internal silver concentrates and the silver found in recovered circuit boards. The company also extracts gold, palladium, silver, tin and copper from e-scrap for other uses. In the late 1980s, fish were dying in the Truckee River. It had been determined that photoliquid waste had been being discharged into Public Owned Treatment Works by photograph processing enterprises, overwhelming the water treatment plant with silver and ending up in the 18 Reno Tahoe Tonight
Truckee River and Pyramid Lake. The problem was presented to Dr. John Whitney along with a sample of the photoliquid waste. Dr. Whitney invented a process to recycle/convert that waste. He has been acknowledged as the man who saved the Truckee River and Pyramid Lake. After several years of research and development – and millions of dollars invested, the recycle/ conversion technology – Dr. Whitney's invention was approved for commercial production. The company’s operation in Reno is the only fullypermitted beneficial use plant in the U.S. that converts 100% of spent photoliquids into resalable products. This is the alternative to storing waste in 50-gallon drums and having to monitor and deal with this waste again in the future. Truly a green hero company. In the first quarter, Itronics announced that the GOLD'n GRO zinc micronutrient liquid fertilizers have now been demonstrated to remain stable for more than 10 years when stored in a closed container. Achieving this 10 year stability goal has been a long term development objective for Itronics. This makes it possible for Itronics to manufacture its GOLD'n GRO micronutrient fertilizers at its factory in northern Nevada and sell them for distribution throughout the United States and to other parts of the world. Talk about worldchanging! The time from manufacture to final distribution to growers under this scenario can be as long as three to four years. If growers purchase inventory for more than one season's use, then the time line from date of manufacture to date of final use by the grower could realistically be as long as seven or more years. The company plans to begin developing broader geographic GOLD'n GRO sales and distribution now that this stability goal has been achieved. During the first quarter, the company established its first consumer retailer, Buy Nevada First Gift Shop, located at 4001 South Virginia Street Reno, Nevada. This is a retail outlet which offers products made in Nevada and which enthusiastically supports Nevada manufacturers. The company is selling GOLD'n GRO 6-3-9 +4%S, a plant food
for house plants and garden fruits and vegetables. The e-scrap waste stream is a more recent challenge facing the world. Tons of computer towers, smart phones, tablets, etc. are discarded by individuals and companies with each new upgrade or capability advance. In 2016 Itronics’ new five times scale up pilot leaching reactor was completed, and the company succeeded in creating a new method for refining e-scrap to produce silver bullion that contains copper, gold, and palladium as salable metals, and tin for which Itronics is seeking a buyer. This leaching technology is a zero waste process because all of the feed material is converted to useable products. Their technology is both 'cost reducing' and 'energy saving' for Itronics
it announced in early 2015. The plan is to have an up-to-date report to submit to third parties to consider whether they might have an interest in joint venture development of the project. Itronics is aggressively advancing development of its sustainability maximizing portfolio of new zero waste technologies, whose objective is to create new non-seasonal lines of business using their core technologies. Itronics’ plan is to operate these technologies and to expand the scale of operations as funding and market conditions permit. The current focus of the hydromet and pyromet refining technology extensions is on pilot scale development of refining e-scrap that contains recoverable silver, gold, and palladium
and is environmentally "green" because it recovers materials for sale that were previously wasted, again maximizing efficiency and sustainability. The bullion is technically a "high tin content" silver bronze, so the tin is a component of the silver bronze alloy. The leaching and refining technologies are being operated on a pilot scale and are proving to be a significant new line of business in recovering what could be more waste going into a landfill and instead they’re effectively harvesting and recycling/converting the valuable resources.
and recoverable base metals including copper and tin, while at the same time recovering iron and sulfur for use as raw materials for manufacturing GOLD'n GRO micronutrient zinc fertilizers. The field development of the KAM-Thio cyanide neutralization and precious metal leaching technology to remedy one of Nevada’s silver-gold miners’ greatest contamination/waste stream cost challenges is progressing. Field testing of the KAM-Thio technology at one or more Nevada silver-gold mines is expected in 2017. The company's plan is to introduce and operate the KAM-Thio technology through joint ventures with mining companies that have suitable silver/gold deposits and leached mine tailings that need remediation.
"He has been acknowledged as the man who saved the Truckee River and Pyramid Lake."
The start of pilot scale e-scrap refining marks the beginning of Phase III of the company's e-scrap refining study, which began in 2015. The company made its first sale of the silver bullion during the first quarter of 2017. Silver bullion sales will provide a growing non-seasonal sales component to offset the seasonality and weather influenced variability of its GOLD'n GRO fertilizer sales. Itronics continues to produce silver from photographic liquids needed for GOLD'n GRO fertilizer manufacturing and has a sizable backlog of silver-bearing material for refining. Because of this, silver refining using e-scrap as a raw material will operate semi-independently from photoliquid processing and fertilizer manufacturing. Itronics is diversified. Another example of their diversification is mineral-rich property owned in the Yerington, Nevada region. In the first quarter, the company's subsidiary, Whitney & Whitney, Inc. staked 28 additional lode claims at the Fulstone Project to expand coverage of the high grade zinc anomaly
Operational Developments One of Itronics' fundamental strengths is its ability to invent, build, and operate green, zero waste technology to completely convert certain categories of hazardous waste materials into cash through the production and sale of commercial goods. The company is using its vision and creative ability to diversify and further integrate its operations by developing a portfolio of core zero waste technology extensions to establish year-round non-seasonal sales in new markets, and to produce internally generated raw materials for use in the GOLD'n GRO fertilizers. The focus of these technology extensions is on processing materials that contain silver and other precious metals, and zinc with other base metals. Appreciation of what Dr. Whitney and his Itronics team are accomplishing is expressed by Dennis Reno Tahoe Tonight 19
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"The company's environmentally friendly, award-winning GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizers, which are extensively used in agriculture, can be used for lawns and houseplants"
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COVER STORY Bradley, Founder and President of Optimum Enterprises LLC. Mr. Bradley made his living for decades as a management consultant in Silicon Valley before moving to Reno in 2004. In 2005 he co-authored what became the Hazardous Substance Process Management Standard deployed around the world by the International Electrotechnical Commission. Bradley was introduced to Dr. Whitney in 2014 and since then has been helping ITRO as an Investor Relations Specialist. “From the outset I saw that Itronics was one-of-a-kind,” notes Bradley. The positive difference their proprietary technology is and can make in this world is proving to be expansive. They take something that’s 100% bad and convert it 100% into good. Just think what the world would be like if every company followed the Itronics example, achieving 100% conversion of resources into products with a zero waste mode of production. They’re the poster child for sustainability.” GOLD'n GRO fertilizers. Itronics has identified a potential new environmental benefit that may be obtained by using GOLD'n GRO fertilizers. Based on experience, the company has observed that the non-nutrient metals cadmium, lead, and mercury are not soluble in the GOLD'n GRO fertilizers. Vegetable growers have an urgent need to minimize uptake of cadmium from the soil by vegetable crops. The company's distributor performed field tests in 2016 that demonstrated that two of the GOLD'n GRO fertilizers, when applied together, are able to reduce cadmium uptake from high cadmium content soil by broccoli and romaine lettuce to a level of "non detect" in harvestable plants. In 2017 Itronics plans to support field testing on spinach to further develop this important new technology. According to California Agricultural Statistics 20152016, published by the California Department of Food & Agriculture, 117,000 acres of broccoli, 64,000 acres of romaine lettuce, and 27,000 acres of fresh spinach were planted in 2015. Plans for introducing the new fertilizer application and recommended changes in fertilization procedures are being discussed with its distributor. Over time, cadmium levels have increased in agricultural soils, leading to increases in cadmium uptake by crops. Cadmium build up in agricultural soils is occurring worldwide and is especially important for vegetables and field 22 Reno Tahoe Tonight
grains. Cadmium has no known nutritional value to humans or plants, and it is known to be a health hazard for humans. Once cadmium is in the soil, there is no known way to remove it. Minimizing cadmium uptake by vegetables and field grains is desirable to minimize its presence in the human diet. During the first quarter Itronics announced that it has achieved a goal of more than 10 years stability for the GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizers when stored in a closed container. The Company has three customers who have been purchasing GOLD'n GRO in sufficient quantity to last for several years. Doing this saves transportation cost for the customer. The transportation cost savings are much greater than the interest cost on purchasing the inventory, making this an economical method for those customers who wish to purchase GOLD'n GRO for on-going use. The company is now seeking additional customers who may find this purchase and use concept financially attractive. Silver Production. Itronics has completed a refining campaign which includes incorporating ground up personal computer circuit board scrap (e-waste) to provide quantitative data that can be used to evaluate the feasibility of refining e-scrap to recover its copper, silver, gold, palladium, and tin content. This work is on-going and is now producing silver bullion, and silver-bearing glass. The company has been able to eliminate the production of copper matte through operational improvements, thereby simplifying the process by producing two products for sale. Assembly of the FeLix, SuLix leaching technology pilot operations five times scale up is completed, and start up testing has been finished. The expanded pilot leaching plant is fully operational for use for batch leaching. It is being used as a batch operation to leach iron and sulfur from the low grade silver concentrate produced by the company in its photoliquid desilvering operation. The recovery of iron and sulfur are separate processes. The residue that remains after the two leaching steps is a high grade silver concentrate which is delivered to the silver refinery for use in e-scrap refining. E-scrap processing feasibility study. In the second quarter 2015, Itronics announced that it had started a feasibility study to determine whether
e-scrap (personal computer circuit boards) processing can be integrated into the new refining operation. Significant progress is being made and minimum quantities needed for economic viability have been identified and are now being tested in the refining process. The company is gathering quantitative processing information to determine the operating parameters needed to recover commercially meaningful amounts of copper, silver, gold, palladium, and tin from e-scrap. Sufficient work has been completed so that Itronics is able to estimate the amount of personal computer circuit board scrap that it will require to support pilot scale operation. In 2017 Dr. Whitney and his team have begun Phase III of this study which is to operate the refining process on a pilot scale. The objective of Phase III is to optimize the new refining process and to develop enough operational knowledge so that a plan for expansion to commercial scale operation can be developed. Product market development is underway, and marketing economics are being identified. The Phase III program is expected to continue through 2017 and into 2018, during which time the company will also be evaluating the expansion potential for the project. KAM-Thio Process Development. The KAM-Thio technology is being developed by using one of the already proven and field tested GOLD'n GRO fertilizers. Development of this technology is expected to add non-seasonal chemical sales to the silver/gold mining industry, and possibly for use in other industries for cyanide neutralization. As KAM-Thio is developed, it will become a nonseasonal component to expanding GOLD'n GRO fertilizer sales. Laboratory tests conducted by Itronics have demonstrated that KAM-Thio has the ability to leach silver from the silver bearing glass slag generated by the Company's silver refinery. The tests have also demonstrated that KAMThio liquid is stable in the leaching application. Independent laboratory tests have demonstrated that KAM-Thio is able to neutralize the cyanide contained in spent cyanide solution generated by gold-silver leaching. The amount of KAM-Thio required to neutralize cyanide is in a range appropriate for leaching gold and silver from ore. The next step for KAM-Thio technology development is to conduct a series of tests on silver-gold ore samples to measure the
silver-gold leaching capabilities of KAM-Thio. The company plans to proceed with this work once the expanded pilot leaching circuit is operational and the e-scrap processing feasibility study is nearer to completion. Zinc Flue Dust Process Development. An Itronics press release dated March 17, 2015 announced a technical breakthrough by successfully testing electrowinning as a process to recover metallic zinc powder from zinc enriched liquids that are produced by leaching zinc oxide from zinc bearing flue dust. The innovative zinc recycling technology Itronics is developing is expected to eliminate the waste completely by converting all components to salable goods (a new zero waste technology). The process being developed may use up to 40 percent less electrical energy compared to conventional zinc refining. The potential energy savings would be a strong economic driver for the project. This work was put on hold in the second half of 2015, while higher priority projects are being completed. The zinc price has recently been at a four year high and is expected to stay in the range of its current price or trend higher. This increase in zinc price makes development of the zinc flue dust recovery technology more desirable to the company due to cost savings that could be achieved by using recovered zinc to replace primary zinc that is currently purchased for manufacture of the GOLD'n GRO zinc micronutrient fertilizers which are a significant percentage of total GOLD'n GRO fertilizer sales. The company's smaller leach reactor system is now available to be used for the necessary pilot scale leaching test work that must be completed to perfect the new process. A time table to proceed with this work has not yet been established, but sustained higher zinc prices will provide an economic incentive to activate this project. Battery Recycling Evaluation: Itronics is studying the potential use of the electricity generating contents of silver batteries and "non-rechargeable" alkaline batteries as a source of raw material for use in manufacturing the GOLD'n GRO fertilizers and for silver production. Once the Company has completed the testing and start-up of e-scrap refining, it will evaluate processing of silver oxide batteries which have to be crushed or ground up prior to introduction into the refining furnace. Processing silver oxide batteries would increase the silver feed to the refinery for use in refining e-scrap and would be non-seasonal. Reno Tahoe Tonight 23
The alkaline batteries contain potassium, zinc, and manganese. The potassium and zinc are recoverable using Itronics' leaching technology and are raw materials needed for manufacturing GOLD'n GRO fertilizers. The manganese remains in the solid residue from leaching. Itronics has begun laboratory evaluation to develop leaching technology to solubilize manganese. The work has produced some positive results. The lab work is currently on hold due to higher priority work that needs to be completed to support on-going pilot scale operations. The company has begun discussions with a battery recycling company that would like to be considered as a potential supplier for the new process. The company is considering the proposal and plans to evaluate the potential supplier's product as time permits in 2018 and future years. Auric Fulstone Project. An Itronics press release dated January 20, 2015 announced that its subsidiary Whitney & Whitney, Inc. has identified surface high grade zinc-lead-silver mineralization at its Auric Gold & Minerals Fulstone copper-gold exploration project. Within the Auric Fulstone project area, the company has discovered surface high grade zinc, lead, and silver mineralization that contain anomalous molybdenum in a large area that is geochemically anomalous for zinc. It has also discovered high grade copper mineralization that contains anomalous gold and molybdenum in a separate area that is anomalous for copper. Discovery of the potential for significant zinc, lead, silver, and molybdenum mineralization increases the economic attractiveness of the project by adding significant near surface zinc, lead, silver, and molybdenum values to the over-all copper and gold values that are expected to be identified as the project is explored. At the end of 2016 Auric Gold & Minerals received an advance from a project partner for the purpose of staking up to 28 additional lode claims to expand the claim coverage of the high grade zinc anomaly that has been identified in the Fulstone Project Area. The claims were staked in the first quarter 2017. In the second quarter an update of the Fulstone project technical report was started and is scheduled for completion early in the third quarter. The company is continuing to evaluate options for developing this project and is discussing joint
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venture development with potentially interested parties. Copper, zinc, and silver are all at multiyear highs, stimulating investor interest in getting development of this project funded and launched. About Itronics Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, Itronics Inc. is a creative green technology company which produces GOLD'n GRO specialty liquid fertilizers, silver bullion, and silver-bearing glass. The company's goal is to achieve profitable green technology driven organic growth in specialty GOLD'n GRO fertilizers, silver, zinc, and minerals. The company's technologies maximize the recovery and uses of metals and minerals and by doing this maximize sustainability. Through its subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., Itronics is the only company with a fully permitted "Beneficial Use Photochemical, Silver, and Water Recycling" plant in the United States that converts 100 percent of the spent photoliquids into GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizers, silver bullion, and silver bearing glass. This is internationally recognized award-winning zero waste technology. Itronics is developing a portfolio of environmentally beneficial zero waste processing and mining technologies. Itronics has received numerous domestic and international awards that recognize its ability to successfully use chemical science and engineering to create and implement new environmentally green recycling and fertilizer technologies. The company's environmentally friendly, awardwinning GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizers, which are extensively used in agriculture, can be used for lawns and houseplants, and are available at the Itronics "e-store" on Amazon.com Due to expanded retail customer interest, GOLD'n GRO fertilizer may now be purchased in Reno, Nevada at Buy Nevada First Gift Shop at 4001 South Virginia Street.
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Kanna Medical Marijuana Dispensary – Part 2
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Michael Bove: We start selling recreational marijuana at Kanna on August 5th. Our county (unincorporated Washoe County) was a tad behind Reno and Las Vegas. At Kanna we have been open a little over a year and a half on the medical side, we have loved the experience, but are very excited about the opportunity to sell recreational. Kanna is a vertically integrated company, our biggest focus remains on delivering quality product from seed to sale. At Kanna the hard work starts at the cultivation/production facility with a dedicated staff and it continues on through to our retail store where we have built an excellent foundation in patient care and customer experience. Because of that I believe that we are ready for any challenges that recreational may bring. Oliver X: Talk about the team you've assembled at Kanna, both in your dispensary and in your grow facility.
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FEATURE Michael Bove: We put together a great team at Kanna. At our dispensary location, much of the staff has been with us since we opened over a year and a half ago. They all have been through an extensive training program and are just great people to be around. We strive to deliver the best customer experience and try to make your shopping experience as pleasant and easy as possible. Our cultivation and production crew are no different. Our managers have been with us since we started construction on the facility over two years ago. They are guys that have to wear many hats, and have been a tremendous help to the Kanna brand. The crew over there has put in many extra hours, time and time again to ensure we are delivering the best quality product.
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purchasing preferences? Is this phenomenon simply a matter of being more educated about the options in strains, terpenes and ratios? Michael Bove: Well, I understand why: higher THC means greater effect. While parts of that are true, there is much more to it. As you stated there are different terpenes that can boost a certain effect of the flower. At first people were very focused on getting the highest THC flower. Now though that the industry has been operating for a couple of years, people have become more educated about different terpenes and what affect that has on the flower and ultimately your body. So now at least the medical community patients are making smarter purchases for their ailment. However, I have a feeling that with recreational that we might revert back to the old days for a bit, with a race to see who has the highest THC flower, but I guess we will see.
Oliver X: What percentage of your grow goes to retail as flower versus concentrate? Michael Bove: Well, we're a vertically integrated company; currently we have a 10,000 square foot facility and are only producing enough flower to sell out of our own retail shop. Our strains are truly “Urban Farm Exclusives,” as they are not available at any other retail locations. From there we send out our leftover trim and some flower to make our concentrates, which are then also sold to our Kanna dispensary. Our concentrates are also only available at our retail location. We plan on expanding in the near future, so we can serve other retail locations in Las Vegas, etc. But for now, we are just focused on getting it right for the people in our community. Oliver X: What are you most excited about in the industry and how is Kanna positioned to rise and claim its share of rec sales in 2017 and beyond?
Michael Bove: I am most excited about the acceptance of the product. Cannabis is finally coming out of the shadows from being labeled as this terrible thing. I got into this business years ago because of my passion for cannabis. Back then there were so many negative connotations about it. Everyone was doing it, but was trying to keep it on the down low. Now it’s out in the open, people are realizing it is not the devil that it was made out to be, and besides being a good thing to go home to relax with at the end of the day (which is fine), it also has a lot of great health benefits to it as well. With all the acceptance comes greater opportunity for me and other people in this industry to expand their company which in itself is always very exciting. Kanna Medical Marijuana Dispensary is located at 5398 Sun Valley Blvd, Sun Valley, NV 89433. Phone: (775) 674-0420 – kannareno.com
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story of how the legendary Nevada gathering known as Burning Man evolved from humble countercultural roots into the world-famous convergence it is today. Never-before-seen photographs, artifacts, journals, sketches, and notebooks reveal how this experimental desert city came to be—and how it continues to evolve.
THIS EXHIBITION WAS REALIZED THANKS TO GENEROUS GIFTS FROM: LEAD GIFT Bently Foundation MAJOR GIFT Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority SUPPORTING GIFTS Maureen Mullarkey and Steve Miller; Eleanor and Robert Preger;
The Private Bank by Nevada State Bank; Volunteers in Art of the Nevada Museum of Art ADDITIONAL GIFTS City of Reno; Jan and David Hardie THIS EXHIBITION WAS ORGANIZED BY THE NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART. MANY OF THE ITEMS INCLUDED ARE DRAWN FROM THE ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS OF THE CENTER FOR ART + ENVIRONMENT AT THE NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART.
Stewart Harvey, Figures with Dusty Man, (detail), 2001, Digital print. Courtesy of Stewart Harvey.
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idtown Curls, one of the hidden, subterranean gems of the ever-expanding Midtown corridor is changing the way people cope with their curls, bringing much welcomed hope for those looking to tame their frizzy coifs. I spoke with Loni Jean, Tariann Sage and owner Anna Palotai, as Midtown Curls prepares to celebrate their second anniversary year in business. Oliver X: How did Midtown Curls get started? Midtown Curls: Midtown Curls was created from Anna’s passion for educating beauty guests on how to live with healthier hair and hair care. A comfortable and relaxing environment for guests was a necessity and from this Midtown Curls was born. With specialized training in curly hair and having curls herself, Anna saw that Reno was in need of a certain skill set that it did not yet offer. Oliver X: What makes Midtown Curls different from other curl specialists? Midtown Curls: Midtown Curls rises above other curl specialists by offering aromatherapy, reparative treatments, extensive hands on hair care knowledge in real-time to all beauty guests in an intimate, fun, and professional setting. The salon also offers top of the line, clean, safe, organic, and toxin free hair products which allows all hair types to reach their full and healthy potential. Oliver X: Talk about the professional training and education your salon stylists have. Midtown Curls: All stylists at Midtown Curls are members of the International Curly Hair Artistry Group in which they attend extensive courses to further and improve their knowledge and skill Reno Tahoe Tonight 43
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set of curly hair year round. All stylists have completed an in depth mentorship with master stylists which all have a focus in curly hair. Along with C.H.A Anna is also an Advanced Deva Curl specialist while Tariann is a part of the American Board of Certified Colorists. Anna and Loni are both ambassadors and educators for Innersense Organic Beauty, traveling across the nation to educate salons and stylists the importance of organic and natural hair care. Midtown Curls also specializes in color and color techniques from balayage, foilayge, grey coverage, and naturally lived in colors. Oliver X: You must see a wide variety of clients with a myriad of hair challenges. What's the most common issue you see in the salon and how do you address things like frizz, split ends, dry and damaged hair? What role do organic products play in your service provision for customer care? Midtown Curls: Every single beauty guest is unique, each having their own strengths and struggles. We strive to assess each head of hair personally and approach any issue with a specific and in depth consultation with the end result being a helpful solution to their hair needs. Organic hair care products provide the cleanest, safest, and healthiest way to solve the most common issues with damaged hair such as; split ends, frizziness, dryness, dullness, and any other unruly hair problems. Midtown Curls offers personalized hair prescriptions for every guest so they may practice salon quality hair care in their home with comfort and ease. Oliver X: What are the five things that anyone can do to tame their curls and bring out their hair's full luster, shine and condition? Midtown Curls: There are many different ways to bring the best out in your hair but there are some essentials everyone can practice every day starting with the elimination of heat, brushes, combs, and cotton towels. The proper product and product application is a crucial step towards achieving healthier more hydrated hair. Lastly, you always want to avoid over processing and chemically treating any type of hair to ensure integrity and lasting strength. Oliver X: How do you see your business growing in the coming years? Midtown Curls: As Midtown Curls continues to flourish and grow, our team will grown as well. We are always looking for like minded stylists
that share our vision and passion for healthy hair. We enjoy teaching stylists and offer an extensive mentorship program for those who want to be more successful with their business and career. Stylist Bios Anna Palotai founded Midtown Curls in 2015 with the intention to build a salon that provides exceptional experiences with a comfortable environment to all beauty guests. Along with a specialized focus in curly hair and color, Anna continues her education to be the most knowledgeable while providing the best services for her clients. She is a member of the Curly Hair Artistry Group, an Advanced Deva Curl Specialist, and brand ambassador of Innersense Organic Beauty. The most rewarding aspect of Anna’s career is seeing guests leave Midtown Curls with a smile and a new found love for their hair. Loni Jean is part of an International Curly Hair Artistry group and attends advanced educational classes around the U.S. monthly. She specializes in organic hair care and natural curly hair. She strives for the best for her clients through educating them on how to achieve the best hair by using the right product using her skills from becoming a national educator. Her strengths after 4 years in her career include enhancing color, balayage, natural curl textures, organic hair care products and longevity of color with placement. Sent from my iPhone Tariann Sage is an American Board Certified Haircolorist. She specializes in a variety of advanced hair coloring techniques but Balayage is her favorite. In addition, Tariann is part of the International Curly Hair Artistry group. She believes in using all natural hair care products. Tariann Sage is a wife and mother of three. She loves snowboarding in the winter and is a volunteer instructor. In the summer time you can find her floating the river or mountain biking. Midtown Curls celebrates their two year anniversary on Saturday September 16, 2017 from 12-3pm. They will be doing braids, waves and mini boho updos, as well as running a raffle to win some fun goodies. There will be refreshments and snacks and the salon is excited to welcome their friends and the public to celebrate with them! Midtown Curls is located at 328 California Ave B, Reno, NV 89509. (775) 846-3561. Reno Tahoe Tonight 47
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Northern Nevada Veterans Resource Center: An Introduction In a perfect world, the words homeless and veteran would not exist in the same sentence in the United States of America. But veterans returning home far too often leave the service with scars that cannot be seen and return to communities that are impoverished, and are equipped with little information about resources that are available to them when they face a myriad of challenges that can leave them with no place to call home. Veterans Resource Centers of America operates fourteen Centers across northern California, northern Arizona and northern Nevada and provides critical service and support for veterans of all branches and eras; their spouses and dependents. The service centers are staffed by a diverse, professional and talented staff in order to serve all veterans in a respectful and positive way, including case managers, business consultants, drug and alcohol counselors, program support staff, teachers and mental health therapists. Through their Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing program, they provide supportive services to very low-income Veteran families living in or transitioning to permanent housing through the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) grant. VRC provides eligible Veteran families with outreach, case management, and assistance in obtaining VA and other mainstream benefits that promote housing stability and community integration. VRC also provides employment and training programs to help veterans reintegrate back into the civilian work force without fear of discrimination or level of expertise. VRC currently operates 104 beds of housing where homeless veterans may stay for up to two years, serving both male and female veterans with transitional housing for homeless veterans through the VA's Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program. The purpose is to promote the development and provision of supportive housing and/or supportive services with the goal of helping homeless veterans achieve residential 50 Reno Tahoe Tonight
stability, increase their skill levels and/or income, and obtain greater self-determination. VRC provides dual diagnosis mental health services, including 57 beds for behavioral health, social recovery services at three Behavioral Health Centers in Northern California, and one in Reno, Nevada. Veterans Resource Centers of America has 52 units of permanent supportive housing under construction and 200 units planned to assist veterans returning from service transition successfully to civilian life. Linked to case management and supportive services, permanent supportive housing is a proven solution to veterans’ homelessness, a problem that affects men and women who have been recently discharged, as well as those who served decades ago. As part of their wrap around case management services, all veterans meet with a VRC case manager upon arrival to perform an initial assessment. Based on this assessment, the case manager works in collaboration with the veteran to devise a service plan addressing identified needs and objectives. Each veteran has a personalized service plan outlining barriers and goals related to substance abuse, mental health, medical needs, finances, education, employment and housing. The case manager meets with the veteran on a regular basis to monitor progress. In addition to scheduled meetings, case managers are always available to provide additional support or assistance. At the invitation of Shane Whitecloud, VRC Outreach Specialist, I visited the Northern Nevada Veterans Resource Center's Plumb Lane administrative and case management offices to learn more about their mission, and to meet the committed staff that are driven to make a difference in the lives of those who have served their country and now need a hand up to change their lives and futures.
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David Perez Regional Site Director, Nevada – Retired Marine Corps Master Sargent Oliver X: What brought you to Veterans Resource Center? David Perez: I'd just retired from the Marine Corps after 21 years of service, and I moved to Reno, Nevada to continue my academic career here at the University of Nevada social work. I was probably out of the Marine Corps for about a month and somebody mentioned that they were looking for staff members over at the Veterans Resource Center and that I might be a good fit. Oliver X: In what theaters were you deployed? David Perez: During my time in service, I was deployed to six different continents and I visited over 32 different countries. I have 11 deployments and five combat tours. Oliver X: Did you come back whole or did you know that your service had affected you? David Perez: After 21 years of service I was evaluated by the VA as 100% disabled. I have both physical and mental health disabilities. Oliver X: How did your studies at UNR lead you to this career? David Perez: I entered UNR as a major in social work and addictions treatment. I transferred to Arizona State University and finished my degree. Oliver X: What's the most rewarding aspect of your work here and describe what a normal day is like at VRC. David Perez: One of the things I like about my normal day is that there are never normal days. Being a retired Marine Master Sargent, I had up to 300 Marines in my charge at any given time. I retired from Marines Special Operations Command and that's where the majority of my deployments were and a lot of my experiences came from. When I was getting ready to get out in my last year, I was an Operations Planner at the Special Operations School House and some of the Marines that were in my charge were
those that were walking wounded. They'd been wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq; they were recuperating—they had a variety of challenges. Them being under my care, I was tasked with making sure they had the treatment they needed as well. I only had a year left in the Marine Corps, so it was like my twilight tour and I could kind of relax and prepare for my retirement. But I found myself having to identify services for these Marines. I didn't know about addiction to prescription pain killers. I didn't know about traumatic brain injuries or the effects of post traumatic stress disorder and how it affected marriages and families; how it started to affect them financially, psychologically and just their overall well-being. And so as I started to find out about different resources for my Marines, one day one of the guys at one of the services I took him to asked me if I was a military social worker. And I said 'No I'm not. I don't even know what a social worker is.' He said, 'Well what a social worker does is he identifies a client's problems and then he identifies a service or a resource that can help them overcome that problem.' So I thought, Oh, I could do that! [Laughter]. Then I started going to school to become a social worker and I finished up going to school to become a community advocate. Working here at the Veterans Resource Center, I started working one-on-one as a case manager, helping homeless veterans find housing. So to me it became very therapeutic to myself because it was like still working with my troops. I'd see people come in and I'm like this could easily have been me. This could easily have been one of my Marines if somebody hadn't stepped in and intervened for them. So it was very therapeutic and that's what helps me get through my day-to-day challenges, year by year. I know that I'm now making a difference helping these veterans. I don't look at my daily successes because a lot of times there's a lot of tragedy and people in crisis that come in here. So I look at things over the course of a year. Like right now I can look up at my board and I can say, I've already helped 377 homeless veterans or veterans at risk of becoming homeless. That's
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David Perez: Just because she can't speak doesn't mean she can't communicate. She helps me with coping skills. A perfect example is, and I'm sure you can relate to this: You're overwhelmed with a work project. You have deadlines, you have time lines. Things are starting to stress you out. You're not focusing on anything except trying to get that done. What my dog will do for me is she'll jump up into my lap and be like, 'Play with me.' She will force me to give her some attention. Whether it's taking her for a quick walk to take care of her own business, or she's making me play with her. That takes me away from work and gives me that mental break, so that now I have to focus on something else. The therapeutic aspect of it is that now it forces me to take care of something. To feed her. To keep her clean. To make sure she's exercised. That right there reinforces compassion and let's you know that you're still a compassionate person. And you don't realize that at first, but that's what occurring. You're able to actually care for and love something else. So no matter how bad my day is, I got my pooch she's gonna make me do something, and that prevents you from going into these dark places. It prevents you from isolation—from cocooning. From not interacting. From not being social. I'm out in town with my pooch and people want to talk to me about her. So now I’m interacting with people socially. So it keeps me engaged at all times. Oliver X: In that critical time when—especially for combat veterans—where they're stuffing things. They don't even know that they have PTSD and they've sequestered themselves in a room. They're back with their parents. They didn't incur any physical injuries, but they saw horrific things and they're drinking and drinking and drinking. They've brought back guilt, shame, depression, shattered pride, loss. How critical is it for that veteran, who nobody really knows is in trouble, to get help as soon as possible? David Perez: A couple of things you've got to remember about veterans who come back. The first thing is: Not all wounds bleed. Just because you cannot see their wounds, does not mean that they were not injured. Not everybody who went to
Iraq or Afghanistan came back. Not everybody who came home from Iraq or Afghanistan ever left there. A lot of the time, they're still thinking about that place. They're still stuck there—up here. Think of it this way, you went to four years of high school. You made some great friends; you have memories of high school. You still see some of your friends from high school around town. You get to see them. You get to see where their families are at. 'Oh, look how big your kid is now.' Lifelong friendships from those four years of high school. People talk about high school for 50 years.
It's important for them to be re-engaged, because when they don't become re-engaged, they just cocoon themselves. That's why a lot of programs are so important for them to get out and interact socially; to interact academically; to interact with their new careers. To reach out and speak to people. So does the service dog help me? Absolutely! It helps me interact with people. I'm fortunate because all of my friends are veterans, all the people I hang out with on a regular basis are Marines. We ride motorcycles together; we go to concerts together. Oliver X: Same habits and patterns...
Now let's relate that to the military. They do four years in the military. They build some incredible friendships. These are people that they trusted their lives with. These are people that they suffered with and endured hardships with. They exit out of the military after four years and they're gone. They never see them again. They're gone. So, we want them to come home and we say, 'Oh you're back!' Welcome back to the real world.' And they're like, 'What are you talking about?' My whole support structure is back there.' And a lot of times we're all scattered. We're scattered around the world. Some of them are still serving; some of them went back home, or went back to work with their parents; some of them went on to college, some of them are just doing whatever. Everyone tries to resume a life of normalcy-and I think that's what everybody wants. But I just tell people, 'Well I really don't have a home anymore.' I grew up in Southern California and Central California. Um, I go back home and my parents don't live in the same house; my friends have moved. So there's nothing “home” for me there. I spent 14 years at Camp Pendleton. There's nothing for me there. I spent my last eight years at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. There's nothing for me there. So I came out here to Nevada and it's like I gotta rebuild everything all over again.
David Perez: Yes. We have the same background, so we can relate to each other. Some of them did four years and got out honorably. Some of them did ten years, we all had different times. Some of them say to me, 'Wow I wish I did 21 years like you did.' And I'm like, 'Well, you only remember the good parts.' You only remember the good parts when you get out. Do I miss being in the Marine Corps? Not one bit. Do I miss being a Marine? Yes I do. Do I miss my Marines – the ones that I worked with? Absolutely. Those are the ones that I miss. I did my time and got out and here I am trying to help other people.
So back to your question of how important is it? It's important for them to reconnect and rebuild family relationships, support networks.
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Oliver X: Your service continues. Thank you for your service. This is as important. David Perez: Like I say, our oath of enlistment never expires. Each month through the end of the year, Reno Tahoe Tonight will focus on one Veterans Resource Center staffer and share their story in-depth. This is the most effective way to thoroughly cover the important work that every single individual we interviewed does to help improve lives, foster hope and restore dignity in the lives of the veterans they serve. In September, RTT will speak with Natalie Stering, Site Director of VRC's Carson City facility.
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This month our model is Sarah Stenger, who is a born and raised Nevadan and is aspiring to do great things with the tools she has been given to be successful. Sarah enjoy's many typical Nevadan hobbies such as hunting and fishing, but also cherishes time spent with her family. Sarah is a trained professional dancer who loves to hit the big stage, you can also find her on the weekends dancing at Lex Nightclub or Opal Ultra Lounge.
TRAILS & VISTAS GUIDED ART HIKES September 9 and 10th and Trails & Vistas World Concert Saturday September 9th, 2017
FEATURE World Concert Photography credit: Jeff Engerbretson Susie Zweigle Special to Reno Tahoe Tonight Many of us have hiked the trails of the High Sierra or stood elevated on enormous, elephantsize boulders, whose concrete skins are soaked in sun-heat and whose flatness lends way to a dust-free resting spot. Many of us have walked for miles aside an ocean‌wandered for miles through Old Growth forests. All fill us to the brim with awareness and serenity and all leave most of us hungry for more.
Musician Peter Joseph Burtt plays the African Harp at the first Trails & Vistas art hike in 2004. Photo by Jeff Engerbretson
Trails and Vistas brings the beauty of ART, DANCE, POETRY, STORYTELLING, and MUSIC into NATURE.
Experience Music and Art that span the globe at Trails & Vistas Guided Art Hikes September 9 and 10th and Trails & Vistas World Concert Saturday September 9th, 2017.
Songs and dance on Donner Summit with lasso artist Kansas Carradine and Flamenco guitarist Wolf Shaefer. Photo by Jeff Engerbretson
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Trails & Vistas Art Hike is a blending of art and nature. Performance artists Angelique Benicio and dancer Courtney Hartman. 2013. Photograph by Jeff Engerbretson
I chose the silent meditation hike, figuring if I shut my mouth for a change, I might learn something. And I was not only right, but the learning was silent, rich and distinctive. It came to me, yet is almost impossible to capture with words. Every year, the nonprofit Trails & Vistas brings artists, poets, dancers, and musicians to the Lake Tahoe region to engage the community in the art-making process with guided art hikes and a World Concert at Sand Harbor that are collaborative with site specific artworks and performance. This year Trails & Vistas has chosen a theme of ONE. trailsandvistas.org
Tahoe Flow Arts dancers perform at Donner Summit 2016. Photographer: Jeff Engerbretson Nava Dance Collective will perform for the Trails & Vistas Art Hikes and the World Concert on September 9th. Photo by Robert Bengston
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FEATURE On and on we hiked, one site as spectacular as the next, always reminded, time and again, of the profound beauty of the natural environment and our immense responsibility to see to its well-being.
Motoshi Kosako will share his dazzling and innovative Jazz Harp compositions for the September 9th and 10th Art Hikes. Photography by Scott Thompson
Poet and artist Cathee van Rossem St. Clair shares her stories with over 500 third grade students each September for the Trails & Vistas Art in Nature school field trips at Sand Harbor State Park. Lake Tahoe. Photo by Trails & Vistas.
September 9th and 10th Guided Art Hikes Art hikes Saturday and Sunday feature 10 art, music, and dance installations along a 2 mile trail within the Washoe County Galena Creek Canyon Regional Park, near Mount Rose Wilderness, 25 minutes from Lake Tahoe, and a short drive from Reno. Hikers join in the performance to celebrate the environment through the arts. Photography by ZRStudios
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carrying a small pebble of our choice, given to us by a spectacularly-dressed Mother Earth herself in flowing blues and greens, urging us to walk softly and be aware of the beauty surrounding us. TRAILSANDVISTAS.ORG
Art Hike on Donner Summit, 2012 Artist Brook Bishop paints site-specific paintings of the forest and crafts hand-made books to showcase the landscape and the words of Eckhart Tolle “What is my relationship with the present moment?� Photography by ZR Studios
One of the first large trees on the trail was draped in tiny hand-made books; all dangling from the branches, teetering and twirling in the gentle wind like miniature kites on strings.
Tahoe Flow Arts honors natural beauty with aerial hoop dance for the Trails & Vistas Art Hikes, Donner Summit 2015.
A young hiker discovers a sculpture hidden in the aspens. Trails & Vistas offer Specialty Hikes for the young and the young at heart. Photo by Jeff Engerbretson
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With every step, I felt the snares of the world breaking away. Never before had I experienced the perfect blending of Nature and art that Trails and Vistas provided. TRAILSANDVISTAS.ORG Reno Tahoe Tonight 61
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The distant smells of fir and pine whose coolness lightly touched my face and skin, settled me into the moment, effortlessly banishing all thoughts of the “outside world” away. The magic, the love, the time and effort of numerous people who put Trails and Vistas together [plus thirty artists and sixty volunteers] was an experience that left me not only at peace with myself, but very comfortable in Nature’s silence….I certainly will return. Art
Renowned musician Tim Eriksen from the Appalachian Mountains will be picking and singing along the trail and on the stunning Sand Harbor State Park Amphitheater stage overlooking the blue waters of Lake Tahoe.
Hike Tours leave every 15 minutes starting at 9am until 12:15 pm. Small groups are guided along a 2 mile walk through the forest to 10 different performance sites to experience music, art, dance, and poetry in an inspiring alpine setting. Art hike tours are limited to 22 people per group with a trail guide. The Art Hikes are known to sell out weeks in advance, so purchase your tickets in advance. Tickets are $35/adult and $12/child, and increase August 31st to $45/adult and $15 child (ages 5 to 18) TICKETS: trailsandvistas.org There are specialty Family hikes for families hiking with children (10:15), Mindfulness Hikes for adults (11:15), and a slower paced leisure hike (12:15). Hikes will take up to 2 ½ hours to complete. Check the website for this year’s performer line-up for the Art Hikes and the World Concert at Lake Tahoe. 62 Reno Tahoe Tonight
Mick Dodge from National Geographic’s TV Show “The Legend of Mick Dodge” will be sharing the ‘SECRET of IT’ as part of the Sunday, Sept. 10th Art Hike tours.
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Tim Eriksen, "widely regarded as best ballad singer of his generation" (BBC Radio). Tim combines hairraising vocals with savvy arrangements fiddle, banjo, guitar and bajo sexto, transforming American tradition Southern Appalachian and Irish songs.
a powerful ensemble of twin-guitar melodies. The evening opens with Mountain Eagle from the WaSheShu nation of Lake Tahoe and for local musician Angèle Carroll.
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& VISTAS Trails & Vistas is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit with art in nature signature events of guided Art Hikes, The World Concert: A Peace Project of Truckee Tahoe, and Art in Nature school field trips for over 500 third grade students. Trails & Vistas mission is to create community by celebrating the arts and nature. Trails & Vistas Art Hikes and World Concert offer some of the most unique art events in the Lake Tahoe region by bringing artists, dancers, poets and musicians from all over the world to the beauty of an outdoor stage in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. It is an experience you won't want to miss. For more info and tickets see trailsandvistas.org Trails & Vistas World Concert with first-class entertainment on a world-class stage.
World Concert for Peace 6:30 pm, Saturday, September 9 th
Trails & Vistas is a proud community partner with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (LTSF). The World Concert is the finale of the LTSF Showcase Series at the breathtaking outdoor stage at Sand Harbor State Park, Lake Tahoe. Musicians from near and far will collaborate with dancers and poets for a musical journey with extraordinary entertainment in an exceptional setting. From Carnegie Hall (NYC), Grand Opera House (Belfast, Northern Ireland) to Blue Note Jazz Club in New York, Tim Eriksen will share his "stark songs and breakneck picking" (New York Times). This extraordinary concert features poet Jahan Khalighi collaborating with InnerRhythms Dance Theatre. Nava Dance Collective, under the direction of Miriam Peretz, will perform traditional, sacred, and ethno-contemporary dance with music by Fared Shafinurey, who will captivate audiences with his powerful voice and soulful ingenuity on the setar – weaving in his own lyrics in Persian and English. Enjoy world rhythms with Liza Carbé and JP Durand (two founding members of the acclaimed Southern California band Incendio), a performance that will showcase
Join us for our SUMMER & FALL Art in Nature Events Music in the Meadow, Perazzo Meadows, Truckee, Sunday August 6th Musical Pop-Up Dinner “Taste & Listen”, The Cedar House Sport Hotel, Truckee, CA, Sat. Aug 19 Reno Tahoe Art Hikes, September 9 & 10, Galena Creek
Nature Trail World Music Concert at Sand Harbor State Park, Lake Tahoe September 9th TICKETS: Go to trailsandvistas.org for all art events or call the Shakespeare Box Office directly for the World Concert tickets (starting at $24) 1-(800) 747-4697
Art Hike photography by Jeff Engerbretson, Susie Zweigle, Scott Thompson Written by attendees: Valerie Fern and Barbara Tieken Trails & Vistas Founder & Artistic Director, Nancy Lopez
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ALL THAT’S PAST IS PRESENT: EXPLORE HISTORY AT NORTH LAKE TAHOE THIS AUGUST In the midst of North Lake Lake Tahoe's overwhelming natural beauty, history awaits from the stone walls of the Thunderbird Lodge to the celluloid memories of Ben Cartwright. This August, explore North Lake Tahoe’s rich past with a variety of tours and experiences. Thunderbird Lodge & Whittell Mansion Tours Explore the Thunderbird Lodge Historic Site by kayak with an excursion by Tahoe Adventure Company. Begin your tour at Sand Harbor State Beach and then taken an easy 1.5-mile paddle along the coastline to the Thunderbird Lodge. After a rest and snacks, professional tour guides take visitors on an hour walk throughout the Whittell estate. The tour is offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and costs $125. For each ticket, a $39 donation will be made to the Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society. 64 Reno Tahoe Tonight
If you’d prefer to arrive at the Thunderbird Lodge on dry land, this tour presented by the Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society is for you. Explore George Whittell's legendary Castle in the Sky and peek into the 1930s lifestyle of the rich and famous. Informative, docent-led tours shed light on history as you wander winding pathways and secret tunnels. Tours take place Tuesdays through Saturdays several times a day and cost $39 for adults and $19 for children. For a visit with a beverage, check out the property's Wine and Cheese Tours offered at 2:30 p.m. every Friday or Mimosa and Garden Tours offered at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 5 and 19. During the Wine and Cheese Tours, snack on chef prepared appetizers and sip on wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages while a docent guides you through the estate. The Mimosa and Garden Tours feature a session with the estate's master
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gardener over a glass of bubbly. Both the Wine and Cheese and Mimosa and Garden tours cost $100 per person. For more information and to buy tickets for all these tours, visit activitytickets.com/organization/6. “Bonanza” Collection With its acquisition of the assets and programs of the Incline Village & Crystal Bay Historical Society, The Thunderbird presents a collection of artifacts from the “Bonanza” television show from former Incline Village resident, Chuck Greene. Chuck is the son of Lorne Greene, the Canadian actor who played Ben Cartwright in the longrunning series. Check out these pieces in the gallery of the Incline Village Crystal Bay Visitor’s Center at 969 Tahoe Blvd. Call 1-800-GOTAHOE for more information. North Lake Tahoe Signature Events Immerse yourself in classical music performed by world-renowned artists at the sixth season of Classical Tahoe at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. From July 28 to Aug. 12, see
40 of the world's most renowned soloists and orchestral musicians perform under the direction of Joel Revzen. For tickets and more information visit classicaltahoe.org. If the play is more of your thing, catch a performance of "Love's Labour's Lost" and "The Hound of the Baskervilles" at the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival from July 8 – Aug. 27 at Sand Harbor. For tickets and more information, visit laketahoeshakespeare.com. Where to Find It All If you’re looking for some local insight, artisan keepsakes, and souvenirs, visit the Incline Village Visitors Information Center, located at 969 Tahoe Blvd. There you'll find a helpful staff, tons of information, a charming gift shop with new merchandise and a gallery. To get in touch, email info@gotahoe.com, or call 775-832-1606 or 800-Go-Tahoe (468-2463). There's no time like the present to explore the past, and that's especially true this August in North Lake Tahoe. Reno Tahoe Tonight 65
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LACQUER LIFE Text Shannon Dunlap
Reno Girl Spends Summer in New York.... This summer my daughter auditioned for and was accepted to a Broadway summer intensive program, which allowed us to live in New York for an extended period. I currently reside in Reno, but have lived in Chicago and San Francisco in the past. Here are my thoughts on living in New York and other big cities in comparison to our beloved “Biggest Little City.”
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My family and I saw four Broadway shows this summer in New York that were astounding. However, I would argue a great performance on a perfect summer night at Bartley Ranch is just as magical, because Reno has some serious talent. I would check out The Sierra School of Performing Arts’ production of The Sound of Music this August at Bartley. Also, don't forget the Off Beat Music Festival November 2-4, 2017 (offbeatreno.com). Amazing bands from around the country. Go Reno!
Food: We may not have hundreds of choices, but what we do have is quality. OK, we don't have a hundred restaurants to choose from in one category...let’s say Italian for example, but we have a solid handful. Tim Magee (Chef-owner) at Calafuria on Center Street, in my humble opinion, is crushing it as far as quality
Italian food goes. His homemade pasta holds its own – period. Do yourself a favor and try it and the many other small restaurants in Reno/Tahoe. People: We have seriously cool people in Reno/ Tahoe/Chicago/San Francisco/New York/ #USA Just as we are not the stereotype portrayed in Reno 911, I found people in New York to be friendly and helpful. People look out for each other. They are direct but kind. There is a sense of protection. Reno is like this too I think. People are kind and look out for one another. One way to look out for others is to volunteer, and there are a lot of places to volunteer in Reno. Spend some time volunteering to keep Reno awesome. It feels great! Check out volunteermatch.org.
Style: Wear what you want, when you want, and how you want. This I love about New York: people wear whatever they want. The fashion is fabulous, funky and unique. Casual is cool and flats make sense. I adore that women in New York wear dresses and converse. Our Reno/Tahoe vibe is so similar
and supportive of this type of thinking. People look pulled together, but not stiff. Speaking of looking pulled together, everyone seems to have their nails done here (my obvious obsession). The Paintbox in New York (Soho’s it place for manicures), does a great job with nail art. I had to try it, but you know what? The nail artists at SOAK, and in many salons around Reno, provide equally awesome nail art at half the cost. Go nail artists! Go Reno fashion!
Bottom line: if you live in Reno/Tahoe, you are – in my opinion – among the luckiest. Seek out and support our small businesses and our cultural events, breathe that fresh mountain air and know – you did it! You found a magical place to live with all the offerings of a big city, in a small package. You too are part of the magic. Congrats! SOAK has two Reno locations, one at South Creek Center at 75 Foothill Rd Ste 2. Reno, NV 89511 and another downtown at 628 W 2nd St Reno, NV 89503. (775) 324-7399. Reno Tahoe Tonight 69
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f you’re a writer or author, you might think I’m talking about finding your writing voice. On the contrary, in this context, the voice you need to find is your marketing voice. In business, this would be your “brand voice”. Authors and writers need to think like a business, whether you write a series of books or a series of articles, developing your voice in marketing is integral to the success of your writing. In an interview recently on the What’s the Story? radio show, Tsufit, a coach, former attorney and author of Step Into the Spotlight, mentioned the importance of her messages coming directly from her and not a canned announcement or an assistant writing her copy for her. So what is Tsufit telling us? Be genuine. Be yourself. Develop relationships with the people you are trying to reach. As important as this is, it often takes some time to discover the right messaging to use when marketing, whether it is in print or online. It may be uncomfortable to be yourself when you’re writing marketing copy. You may think you need to portray a particular attitude or persona. If the persona you are developing is constructive and intended to improve your position as a writer, make sure you are genuine. It may take some time to develop and may require a few tries before you feel it resonates, but it is worth the effort. Your marketing voice needs to portray your message clearly and reach the intended audience. Do you know who your audience is? 70 Reno Tahoe Tonight
Do you know where they eat dinner, take their kids for summer vacation? Are they millennials or seniors or somewhere in between? Do you have a clear message about your product (article, book)? Can you describe it succinctly? What’s in it for your reader? Why should they read your piece instead of a writer they know? What makes you unique? If you can’t answer these questions, you are fighting an uphill battle. Keep in mind, the answers may be different, depending on where you are doing your marketing. Ultimately, finding your voice requires some thought and a desire to reach a particular audience. Be persistent and diligent. Try more than one approach. Eventually, just like in your writing, your marketing voice will resonate. Janice Hermsen is a columnist, publishing consultant, radio host and media director of NSAEN International Film Festival.
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Reno Tahoe Music Festival September 8th and 9th at the Greater Nevada Field
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2017 Reno Tahoe Music Festival Promises to be the Best Dance Party in Town! Wouldn’t it be great to attend the best dance party in town and know you are supporting the arts in our area at the same time? The Reno Tahoe Music Festival gives you the chance to do just that! Now in it’s 4th year, the Reno Tahoe Music Festival was founded by the Sierra Nevada Performing Arts Association to support the performing arts in our community and give scholarships to talented area students pursuing a college degree in the performing arts. This year’s event promises to be the Ultimate Dance Party! as two incredible dance party bands take the stage September 8th and 9th at the Greater Nevada Field in Reno. On Friday, Sept. 8th, Neon Velvet revs up their Modern Dance Party sound. Imagine all the sass and the glamor of the 80’s New Romantics (Duran Duran, Bowie) in a lurid embrace with the today's most potent pop and rock hits (Bieber, Coldplay).
The result is a devilishly fun night of sexy dance music. Thoughtfully blending classic dance party anthems with current hits and exciting surprises, this world class band packs the dance floor and delivers an unforgettable time! On Saturday, Sept. 9th, Live Wire hits the stage with an eclectic mix of the best classic and current rock and dance hits. Showcasing the best songs from the 70's and 80's through current rock and dance hits, the band accurately covers a wide range of music, from Journey to Michael Jackson, to Bruno Mars. With great musicianship, fun, lively, interactive performances, and passionate tributes of recognizable favorite songs, the band's performances will have you dancing up a storm. This year’s Reno Tahoe Music Festival will be held upstairs at the Greater Nevada Field – home of the Reno Aces. A more intimate space and full-scale restaurant and bar services will help to make this the dance party of the year. Doors open at 7:00p. Show starts at 8:00p. Tickets are available at snpaa.org. Proceeds will benefit the Sierra Nevada Performing Arts Association to support the performing arts in our community and give scholarships to talented area students. Reno Tahoe Tonight 73
RADIUS Text Amanda Horn Photo Brad Horn
[radius] = return line, a poetic sojourn If you sell your soul to the devil do you think you could get a refund? I don’t believe hell is forever no matter the torment of guilt of wretched dreams of Ego calling me nasty names No matter what she says to me I’ve lived too long and too far to call myself a casualty some days are tiresome some nights are long and sweaty not for the sexy reasons Occasionally or more often than I would like to admit More often than I choose to see memories make a flood of my eyes The guilt comes storming in Ugly times they were, Were they? Can I prove they exist? They are not here Now, I am Here’s the bill the wreck, the ticket the injury Here’s the evidence of poor judgment which brings us back to the contract If this is the refund department I’m the first in line.
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REAL ESTATE Text Shirley Larkins
MID-YEAR MARKET UPDATE: All the buzz is right, the Reno real estate market is on fire! So far this year we are outpacing sales from the past 4 years. And things do not look like they are going to be slowing in the next few months . We are still in a seller’s market. In fact, sellers are now getting an average of 99% of list price and the median house price is $340,000! If you have real estate questions send them to slarkins@ chaseinternational.com for a no hassle response. Check out the graphs provided by my office, Chase International Real Estate.
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Suggested by “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp
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August 11,12,13, 17, 18, 20, 25, 26 7:30pm
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Classic Skate Shop's 5th annual Death Race. It's absolute fun...so many skaters love it. Eric Lantto made this up five years ago and puts it on every year at the Fallon Skatepark. It's not a traditional contest, but completely legit!
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THEATRE Text Camille Cragg-Lyman Photo Joey Savoie
The Sound of Music August 11,12,13,17,18, 20, 25,and 26 at 7:30pm at the Hawkins Outdoor Amphitheater The Hills Come Alive at Bartley Ranch this August For The Sound of Music
Best Score including Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things”, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Do-Re-Mi", and the title score "The Sound of Music".
he hills of northern Nevada will come alive this August as Sierra School of Performing Arts (SSPA) presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway musical The Sound of Music at the Hawkins Outdoor Amphitheater at Bartley Ranch in Reno. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, The Sound of Music tells the story of a high-spirited postulant who is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. One of the world's most beloved musicals, the story of Maria and the von Trapp Family will once again thrill audiences with its Tony, Grammy and Academy Award winning
The talented team that brought you The Wizard of Oz in 2016, Cinderella in 2015 and Fiddler on the Roof in 2014 presents this family-oriented classic based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Director Janet Lazarus, together with Musical Director Terry Thompson and Choreographer Joanna Wagner have created an inspiring tale of love and honor which includes more than 40 cast members ages 5 to 70, a live 9-piece band, and a production team of 10 people. “This story and this music never gets old. Even if the audience has seen the highspirited movie more than once, I think they will thoroughly enjoy our stage version and be delighted by our very talented cast” says Director Lazarus.
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The Sound of Music will take the stage August 11,12,13,17,18, 20, 25,and 26 at 7:30pm at the Hawkins Outdoor Amphitheater in Bartley Ranch, Reno. Tickets are available at sierraschoolofperformingarts.org. There will be food and beverage trucks on site for your dining pleasure with a portion of the proceeds will go back to SSPA. As Orpheus saved Eurydice, Maria uses music to rescue von Trapp and his children from their gloomy rule-bound existence. And in the end, their music is what saves them from the Nazis. At its heart, the musical is an unabashed paean to the healing power of art. Sierra School of Performing Arts (SSPA) is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing educational and performing opportunities for children, teens and adults in northern Nevada. Founded in 2005 by a group of parent volunteers, SSPA began by offering summer camps focusing on singing, dancing, and acting. Since thenthe organization has grown and has expanded their offerings to include fullscale musical productions such as The Wizard of Oz (2016), Cinderella (2015), Fiddler on the Roof (2014), and Bye Bye Birdie (2013), dramatic
theater productions including The Dinner Party, and As Always, Jimmy Stewart, Shakespeare productions including Love Stinks and Foolish Mortals, musical theater camps and acting a classes for students. For more information about SSPA and The Sound of Music please go to our website at sierraschoolofperformingarts.org or call 775-852-7740. This production is made possible in part by the support of The Nevada Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bretzlaff Foundation, the E.L. Cord Foundation, the Dermody Properties Foundation and the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation along with private support. THE SOUND OF MUSIC is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals: rnh.com. Pictured starting at bottom left and going up and around couch: Brynn Ravazzini, Charla Rosenberg, Zoey, Mendoza, Maya Bringhurst, Asher Hansen, Brooklyn Remington. On the couch: Jesse Briggs, Colin Unruh.
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PADDLEBOARDING YOUR WAY TO FITNESS
This summer we're seeing people of all shapes, sizes and ages taking up interest in paddleboarding. For some, this is their favorite pastime on the water; for others, this is actually a great way to get in a full body workout. Paddleboarding is perfect if you are tired of your typical workout routines at your crowded gym, and standup paddleboarding is a great way to get into summer shape. Imagine exercising on the ocean, lake or river, living the REEL Lifestyle you choose, while breathing in the fresh air, soaking up the warm sun, and enjoying the epic in-person panoramic views of mother nature. As REEL Lifestyle's Fitness Expert, I have researched the four most common types of paddleboarding exercises, plus the respective calorie burn estimates for a one hour session, to help you feel comfortable with stepping outside of your current fitness comfort zone. • Paddleboard Surfing is a cool way to stay fit on the water. Surfers call it some of the best cross-training you can do to improve your surfing. Of course, the bigger and rougher the waves, the harder you work, which translates to more calories burned— approximately 623-735 in one hour! • Paddleboarding can also be known as Paddleboard Racing. This might be the highest
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intensity category of paddleboarding where there is no slowing down, your heart rate and cardiovascular are at full throttle. Calorie burn can vary greatly depending on stroke intensity, stroke form, wind speed, and water conditions. Burns ~ 713-1,115 calories burned in an hour. • Yoga on your paddleboard? Known as SUP Yoga, it can be calming and meditative, but also exhilarating and will provide you with an intense workout for the mind, body and spirit. I would suggest being in tune with your yoga practice before doing your first session of yoga on the paddleboard, as you'll definitely need that balance! Burns ~ 416-540 calories in one hour • The most common type of stand up paddleboarding is recreational use which is an easy paddle with calm water, light winds at a slow walking type pace. At a typical casual pace, you’ll burn about twice the calories you’d burn on a moderate paced walk (2.5 mph). ~ 305430 calories in one hour We hope you enjoy your REEL Lifestyle fitness on the water! Any questions, feel free to contact us below and we can get back to you with answers. *The calorie burn estimates are based on an average of three people of different sizes (165-200lbs) and 1 hour of paddling.
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Can You Burn?
Cannabis at Burning Man Burning Man, for those who haven’t heard of it, is a temporal city birthed from the dust of the Black Rock Desert that serves as a celebration of impermanence. The gathering is not called Burning Man because you’ll want to “burn one, man!” It got the name because every year culminates in the burning of a massive one-ofa-kind effigy referred to as “The Man,” though now there are countless works of art burned throughout the week. Despite the “anything goes” attitude, Black Rock City (BRC) is not without rules, and the Burning Man Organization (BMORG) is quite clear that “all local, state and federal laws apply in BRC.” Like with any other city, BRC has police officers, but their presence is accompanied by additional governmental agencies. BMORG reports that on your way in, while at, and when leaving Burning Man, you may encounter Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada Department of Transportation, Nevada Highway Patrol, Washoe County Sheriff ’s Office, Pershing County Sheriff ’s Office, and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. 92 Reno Tahoe Tonight
Since the Black Rock playa is federal land, from the moment you arrive upon the dirt of the playa, both federal and state laws apply. Even though Nevada has medical cannabis laws on the books that honor out-of-state medical marijuana consumption recommendations, BMORG notes that “The federal government does not recognize medical marijuana cards. Possession of marijuana is a federal infraction in the Black Rock Desert, and having a medical marijuana card is NOT a defense.” Furthermore, “transporting marijuana across state lines is a federal crime,” so there is an additional risk of drug trafficking charges if your cannabis is found to have been brought in from out of state. Although Nevada law now allows adults over 21 to purchase up to one ounce per transaction at in-state retail marijuana dispensaries, buying cannabis in Nevada does not make consuming it legal on the playa. According to the New York Times, at Burning Man in 2015, LEO’s issued “600 citations and arrested dozens of people — nearly all of them for possession of controlled substances.” The blog Burners.Me contrasts the 2015 numbers to previous years, finding that the “Pershing County Sheriff ’s Office managed to arrest 41 people, about 6 times as many as [2014] – and about as many as the previous 5 years combined.” That heavy presence by LEOs is why many Burners opt not to bring cannabis
with them, because cannabis smoking becomes a red flag for LEOs to search you and the entire camp you may be smoking in. No one ever likes getting searched by law enforcement, so here are some helpful tips to ensure a pleasant time at the Burn and minimize the risk of encounters with LEOs.
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. Don’t smoke cannabis at Burning Man. Openly smoking in public is against federal and state law. Also, even the smell of cannabis gives LEOs probable cause to search you, your belongings, and potentially your entire camp or art car if that is where you are caught smoking. It does not matter if you are a registered medical marijuana patient, as noted above.
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. If you ignore this advice and smoke anyway, you should know that a travel trailer or a recreational vehicle (RV) on wheels is considered a vehicle under the law, and the standards that LEOs have to meet for searching a vehicle are actually lower than that of a tent (which is considered more like a house when it is staked into the ground and so the privacy standards are higher under law). The catch is that smoking in a tent means that the smell is likely to travel more quickly than through the walls of a trailer, making it easier for LEOs to follow their nose to find and perhaps ticket or arrest you. So you are damned if you do smoke in a tent or RV, and damned if you smoke in the open.
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. If you are near people who are smoking, move along quickly before the smell can be associated with you. Lingering near the smell of cannabis is practically asking for LEOs to search you.
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. Lock your tent, vehicle, or any container that may contain cannabis, ideally with a combination lock and not a lock that requires a key. Why? If a container or physical location is locked, LEO needs a warrant to legally search it, generally making anything found without a warrant inadmissible in court. As an added bonus, a lock helps keep random drunk people out of your tent. The combo lock is useful so that you don’t have to worry about the potential of losing your key. If you are too drunk or high to remember the combination, you should probably ask a friend to help you find the Zendo Project (www. zendoproject.org), a safe space camp where trained volunteers can help you come down and keep you out of trouble. Zendo will have three locations at this Burn, look for the open-air yurts near 5:30 Rampart/ESD/RHQ stations.
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. Know your company. Some of the LEOs at Burning Man may be plain-clothed cops, and while their given mission could just be to ensure that camps are not serving alcohol to minors, they are generally charged with upholding the full responsibility of all laws and so may not hesitate to bust you for cannabis use.
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. Similar to alcohol, do not use cannabis around minors or give it to them, as that would be an additional criminal charge.
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. Know your legal resources before you get busted. Lawyers for Burners (lawywersforburners.com) has an excellent guide regarding how to engage with law enforcement t Burning Man. Read it before you decide to burn. And if you do burn and get caught, email them immediately after you get off playa to ask for their help.
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. If you consume cannabis at Burning Man or shortly before attending the event, it is safest to not drive a vehicle on your way in or drive any vehicle while on the playa. State laws have recently been changed to eliminate urine testing for the psychoactive element of cannabis, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), but you really don’t want to be forced to leave BRC to get a mandatory blood test if the LEO suspects that you are under the influence of cannabis. In closing, BMORG shares this good advice: “For the most current information applicable to your situation, you should consult with a lawyer.” Rebecca Gasca is CEO of Pistil + Stigma. She is an 8-year Burner who formerly lobbied for the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada where she worked closely with Burning Man and law enforcement on civil liberties related issues on playa. Mitchell Colbert is a 3-year Burner who has volunteered with Law Enforcement Against Prohibition on cannabis related issues. Disclaimer: Pistil + Stigma is a cannabis consulting firm focused on government compliance issues. We are not lawyers and do not dispense legal advice. While we may disseminate legal information, that is not the same thing as giving legal advice (which is case/ context specific). Though we are not lawyers, we strive to disseminate the most accurate information we can on legal issues and all other matters. If you are personally having legal issues, you should not rely on this information alone and you should consult a lawyer for legal advice. Reno Tahoe Tonight 93
WANDERED OFF Text Natasha Bourlin Photo Mammoth Mountain Ski Area
ADVENTURES OF
MAMMOTH PROPORTIONS Think of places with snow year-round and your mind conjures images of Antarctica and Alaska…and Mammoth Mountain? At nearby Mammoth, there are plenty of summertime activities to complement the still-active ski lifts. Right now, it’s the best of both worlds for season-seekers. An alpine Eden of sorts—but far different than Tahoe.
Depending on how leaden your foot, the jawdropping Eastern Sierra peaks and recreation they offer are about a three-hour drive from Reno, south on Highway 395. A drive that passes quickly as your eyes roam the striking landscape. Otherworldly Mono Lake and Yosemite National Park’s entrance pass by on your journey—and make great side trips—along with snow-tipped Sierra crests and the resulting valley greenery from the snow runoff. Once there – as you behold Mammoth’s striking beauty – you may find a quietness settle into your soul. My Vegas-hailing cousins, who I met there on a recent trip, were escaping their hometown’s obscene summer heat, and commented on what a hidden gem Mammoth is. Traffic is sparse, as are crowds. While the weather is scorching for many, it’s refreshing in Mammoth, despite being thousands of feet closer to the sun. The mountain tops out at 11,053’ elevation. No wonder there’s still snow… Skiing or snowboarding, then mountain biking, hiking and swimming, capped with a local craft brew? Indeed. That’s summer in Mammoth. Epic panoramas are like wide-open arms welcoming visitors departing the gondola at the summit. It’s like being on top of the world. 94 Reno Tahoe Tonight
Volcanoes created the striking landscape long ago, and outdoor-recreation revelers now rejoice. While the ski lifts are expected to run well into August this year, Mammoth’s mountain bike park is available simultaneously and has about 80 miles of singletrack for downhill riders when fully open. Their Adventure Center has an all-ages climbing wall, plus a bungee trampoline and zip line for kids. Explore the region’s geologic history at the summit’s Interpretive Center, or take in an event like the Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza. For a more mellow pace, hikes or strolls through the John Muir wilderness and the Devils Postpile National Monument are moments away. Natural hot springs for soaking are close. In autumn, colors are brilliant for scenic drives. Alpine lakes abound, though only Horseshoe Lake and June Lake are swimmable, as most others provide the town of Mammoth Lakes with drinking water. This picturesque region is also a haven for entrepreneurs. Speaking of pristine water, several local breweries now take advantage of it, and the new Eastern Sierra Brewery Tours (ESBT) gives you an in-depth look at most. The brewery touring business takes craft brew lovers on a four-hour sampling tour in a luxurious, weatherbe-damned 4×4 van to Mammoth Mountain Brewing Company, June Lake Brewing and Black Doubt Brewing. Sometimes, you just need to admire nature with a beer in-hand. Natasha Bourlin of Passport and Plume has a penchant for putting pen to paper and wandering the globe sharing stories of the people and places she encounters.
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