When it comes to food, Chris McNamara is what he likes to call โan opportunivore.โ Though the big-wall climber and ex-BASE jumper once scrounged leftover pizza from tourists at Yosemiteโs Curry Village during summers, the South Lake Tahoe entrepreneur now snags leftovers from the plates of his two children, who enjoy riding shotgun on their dadโs mountain bike and flying across the kitchen on a custom-rigged zipline.
On the first of this year, former Nevada assemblywoman and University of Nevada, Reno professor Jill Tolles stepped into her dream role: executive director of the Guinn Center.
Growing up in Reno, Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell never missed breakfast. Her father, Bill Curry, a three-war veteran-turned-special-education-teacher, made sure of it.
Cooking for 18 children is no easy feat โ and itโs one most of us couldnโt manage. But Jenn Taylor Campbell, who runs the blog Mom of 18, fed that many mouths daily.
When you receive an email from Dr. Letitia Anderson, more than likely the above quote would be present somewhere at the beginning or end of the message.
Meat-and-potatoes-type dishes fueled Devin Middlebrookโs outdoor adventures while growing up in South Lake Tahoe. Now, the 33-year-old mayor of that very city can be found perusing vegan cookbooks and experimenting with vegetables on his smoker.
Connie Wray is the first to admit that, deep down, sheโs really an adrenaline junkie.
How else would you explain someone whose rรฉsumรฉ includes marketer, emcee, voice talent, keynote speaker, podcast and video producer, fundraiser, promoter, social media influencer, content creator, storyteller, suicide prevention activist, humanitarian, and experienced radio/television host for more than 20 years โ many of these done concurrently?
If they gave merit badges for being better late than never, Colleen Worlton certainly would have earned one. Worlton has served on the board of the Girl Scouts of Sierra Nevada for seven years, for the past three as its chair.
Wyatt Denny is a world-class bareback rider from Minden. Since he was 10 years old, Denny has been working toward his rodeo goals, many of which heโs achieved, and heโs only 26.