Events

SPECIAL NOTICE:
We are meeting at the RENO ELKS LODGE this month
597 Kumle Lane, Reno, 89509
Buffet lunch included

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  We are pleased to have City of Sparks Mayor Ed Lawson as our first speaker of 2023!  Come learn about the City of Sparks highlights and year in review!

Please remember to meet at the Elks Club this month!
Sara Sharkey and Christie Fernquest are the 2023 presidents of Sierra Nevada Realtors, formerly Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors.  Sierra Nevada Realtors is committed to the best practices in the residential real estate sales industry.  Sara and Christie will be joined by April LaBrie, CEO, who works with the Board of Directors to manage and steer the association.  They will be talking about the restructuring of the association, and the representation of all six counties.  It's a new year and a new association, united we're stronger!

REMINDER TO MEET AT THE ELKS CLUB:
Carly Norton is the Recycling Education Representative for Waste Management.  Carly will cover residential services, changes in the recycling industry and recycling guidelines in Northern Nevada.  Carly will explain how recycling goes from curbside, to the sorting facility and then to market.  We will learn why Waste Management doesn't actually "recycle", but "diverts" material for manufacturers to recycle with the cooperation of participants.  

REMINDER:  We meet at ELKS CLUB this week!
Years ago Ken attended the intense and incredibly challenging RYLA program in northern Nevada for high school students.  His father, Lee, was a past president of our club in 1990.  Ken now owns a successful Reno computer repair and consulting company, that strives to focus on people rather than technology.  Ken will speak to us about common safety risks online, his approach to talking to clients about computer problems, and being in charge of our digital life!

Since 2010 Kyle has been teaching natural building - adobe, cob and straw bale - across the U.S. and in Mexico.  Last summer Kyle was contacted by a woman from Kenya who is interested in learning the techniques in hope that they will influence local building practices.  On February 18, Kyle and a co-teacher will travel to her village in Kenya for five weeks to lead a build of a complete cabin from the foundation to the roof.  This service trip is being conducted through their 501c3 nonprofit "Be the Change Project".  Kyle will speak to us about the natural building materials, techniques, advantages, and the Kenyan project.

The nation's largest free education and job training program for young adluts.  Multicultural awareness, ability to work with people of different background and cultures.

Brewing Beer with 40 million year old yeast.