Barbara Twitchell

  • The Chosen Ones

    Come on, admit it! When you go out to eat, more often than not, you head to a favorite restaurant and order that favorite item youโ€™ve enjoyed so many times before. Weโ€™re all creatures of habit. Once we find something we love, we tend to stick with it.

  • Seeds of Hope

    โ€œWhen we discovered Columbusโ€ฆโ€ Augustin Jorquez begins, each word enunciated slowly, at a distinctly measured pace. Those four words, startling despite their seeming simplicity, speak volumes.

  • Bold Broadcaster

    Connie Wray is the first to admit that, deep down, sheโ€™s 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?

  • Not Cookie Cutter

    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.

  • Down to Earth

    Climate crisis. Climate change. Global warming. Whatever you choose to call it, you know itโ€™s already happening. Record storms, wildfires, floods, heat waves, droughts, melting ice caps, rising sea levels โ€ฆ all have become commonplace in our daily news.

  • Recipe for Recovery

    Ashley Lunt didnโ€™t realize it at the time, but she was starving.

    Lunt admits that until she entered STEP2, a Reno-based program that treats women with substance abuse disorders, she never understood just how painfully undernourished she was โ€” both physically and emotionally. She credits the lessons she learned in the days that followed with saving her life and giving her and her children a healthy, positive future.