Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, Washoe County, and Goat Grazers have teamed up this year to help residents of Washoe County recycle their Christmas trees. “This program offers a quick, easy and environmentally friendly solution to dispose of your holiday tree before it becomes a fire hazard,” said Charles Moore, chief of the Truckee … [Read more...]
Storm provides a white Christmas
Associated Press Sparks received a blanket of snow in time for Christmas as wintery weather swept east from the Sierra Nevada. Motorists found treacherous roads and low visibility during the height of the storm last Thursday, with Interstate 80 closed for a time east of Sparks because of poor visibility and multiple car spin-outs and crashes. Nevada Highway Patrol … [Read more...]
Chinese food on Christmas
I didn’t grow up in Nevada where our beloved casinos never close and food is readily available – holiday or not. As Christmas Eve and Christmas Day approach we are kindly invited to friends’ home feasts. Their tables are strewn with prime rib, duck, goose, turkey, ham, tamales, Dungeness crab, etc., and that doesn’t include the side dishes or dessert; on the rare occasions we … [Read more...]
Nevada hangs on to best Santa Clara
RENO, Nevada (AP) — Marqueze Coleman scored 18 points, including the go-ahead basket, Cameron Oliver added 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Nevada beat Santa Clara 72-69 on Friday night. D.J. Fenner scored 17 points, Eric Cooper Jr. added 11, and Lindsey Drew had six assists for Nevada (8-3), which won its second straight and improved to 5-0 at home for the first … [Read more...]
North Pole comes to Sparks
Photos by Marilyn Newton, Special to the Sparks Tribune. Santa set up shop over the weekend at Victorian Square, greeting children and taking their requests. His visit was part of a new event called 39 North Pole Village, sponsored by the Nugget Casino Resort and 39 North Downtown, the nonprofit group of business owners and others dedicated to revitalizing downtown Sparks. … [Read more...]
Nevada drills Fresno Pacific
It was another record-setting night for the Nevada men’s basketball team on Wednesday evening as the Wolf Pack cruised to a 119-70 victory over Fresno Pacific at Lawlor Events Center. The Pack (6-3, 0-0 MW) set a new program record for points in a half with 73, breaking the previous program-best of 71 points in a half set in 1991 against Northwestern State. Nevada’s 119 points … [Read more...]
It’s not too late to vaccinate
Gov. Sandoval has proclaimed Dec. 6-12 as Nevada Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW), and I’m reminding you to add “get a flu vaccine” to your to-do checklist. As we head full speed into the holiday season, it’s important to remember that as you are out shopping, celebrating or enjoying family time, it is almost impossible not to come in contact with germs and viruses that can … [Read more...]
Sparks Nugget to provide Thanksgiving meals to needy
The Nugget Casino Resort will work with St. Vincent’s Dining Room to provide hundreds of meals to people in need on Thanksgiving Day. Every year since 1955, the Nugget has provided free Thanksgiving and Christmas meals to a local shelter. It has worked with Catholic Charities and St. Vincent’s since 1961. The food served at St. Vincent’s Dining Room on Thanksgiving Day is … [Read more...]