Nevada Women’s Expo invites EXPO-nential Woman nominations  – Women who enhance life in the community will be honored at 2012 Expo

Lisa Mantkus, RN (left) will be presenting "Permanent weight loss through healthy lifestyle choices" with Terry Vasenden, both with Sierra Health Mart Pharmacy, at the 2012 Nevada Women's Expo.

Reno, NV, January 9, 2012 – The Nevada Women’s Expo, the region’s largest consumer show for women, commemorates its 10th anniversary on March 31-April 1, 2012, at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. The Expo is celebrating by honoring women who have made a difference throughout our communities with the Nevada Women’s EXPO-nential Woman Award.

“’Exponential’ is a mathematical term meaning ‘raising to the power of,’ or increasing dramatically, and it seems to express the spirit of the Nevada Women’s Expo, celebrating the power, beauty and ever-increasing contributions of women in all facets of life,” said Kristy Hawke, Nevada Women’s Expo founder and managing partner.

Anyone may nominate an EXPO-nential Woman who has enhanced significantly some aspect of life in the community. “She could be that special neighbor, volunteer or co-worker who always seems to step in when extra help is needed,” Hawke added. “An EXPO-nential Woman may not be well known to anyone but her friends and neighbors, but she is deserving of recognition for her efforts to improve the lives she touches.”

Nominating someone is free, and nominators may submit more than one person. Nominators and nominees each will receive a complimentary pass to the Expo and will be recognized on the NevadaWomensExpo.com website and at the Nevada Women’s Expo on March 31 and April 1. In addition, once inside the Expo, nominees will be eligible for a photo opportunity, for a separate drawing for $100 to shop the show and for other prizes.

Nominations should include the following information and be submitted either via Facebook, online, fax to 775-857-1232 or email Kristy@FemaleExpressions.com by the deadline of February 15, 2012:

• Name of nominator
• Contact phone of nominator
• Email address of nominator
• Name of nominee
• Contact phone of nominee
• Email address of nominee:
• In 50 words or less, description of the reasons this nominee is an EXPO-nential Woman

For more information regarding the Nevada Women’s Expo, the EXPO-nential Woman award, exhibitor or sponsorship opportunities, please call 775-750-0841 or visit www.nevadawomensexpo.com.

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eWomenNetwork presents strategies for extraordinary relationships

Cheryl Blossom, therapist, motivational coach, author and founder of the Blossom Institute in Reno, will offer strategies for great relationships for women in business on February 15 at eWomenNetwork. Photo by Paula Leyba, The Image Gallery.

Reno, NV, February 2, 2012 –Many women in business grapple with guilt over maintaining strong relationships along with the demands of work. The eWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe Chapter presents strategies to foster great relationships while running a business with “Have an extraordinary relationship – and have a business, too,” 5 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. (doors open and informal networking begins at 4:30 p.m.), Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at the Hidden Valley Country Club, 3575 East Hidden Valley Dr., Reno.

Today’s woman entrepreneur has a tough mandate, according to presenter Cheryl Blossom, therapist, motivational coach and founder of the Blossom Institute in Reno. “Women are expected to balance running a successful business, raising the children, taking care of the household and being romantic and nurturing for her spouse,” she said. “This definitely can lead to guilt and feelings of failure,” she added.

Participants will learn at this powerful session:

• How to diagnose and treat the Overwhelm, Indecision and Exhaustion (“OIE!”) condition and acquire a new lease on life with overwhelm elimination
• Strategies to powerfully deal with feeling overwhelmed
• Guilt-free decision-making to overcome energy-draining indecision
• Ways to be free from the cycle of exhaustion

Blossom is known as a “transformation catalyst.” She is author of A New You-A Guide to Personal Transformation and is a doctoral candidate in holistic health. Her clients have included high-profile celebrities and members of the British royal family. Blossom designed and currently is leading a two-year holistic practitioner degree program at the Blossom Institute.

eWomenNetwork is the No. 1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses, offering Accelerated Networking^TM and other resources designed to build relationships and success. The evening includes dinner and is $40 for eWomenNetwork members, $50 for non-members and $60 for late registration beginning February 11. Vendor display tables also are available; for more information or to register, visit www.ewomennetwork.com/chapter/reno or call 775-853-2120.

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CHAOS to Cash offers new twist on consignment store sales - Community invited to celebrate grand opening on February 9

The CHAOS to Cash store in Reno offers consignment sales of household and office decor, appliances, tools and more, boosted by the power of listings on internet sites.

Reno, NV, January 4, 2012 – CHAOS to Cash is the name and aim of a unique new Reno business that helps people sell items of value that they no longer want in Reno and beyond, using the power of the Web. The community is invited to celebrate the grand opening and view this new twist on consignment sales, 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (ribbon-cutting by The Chamber at 5:15 p.m.), Thursday, February 9, at the CHAOS to Cash store location, 215 S. Wells Ave. in Reno. Refreshments will be served.

Owner Debbie Cox was inspired by her work as a professional organizer to open the business, which displays and markets an array of consigned goods. “Through my work in helping my clients clear clutter and organize their offices and homes, I discovered that many people were unaware of how to price and market their items, particularly considering the multiple online avenues available now,” said Cox. “We’re not only marketing to Reno, but to the world via the Internet, and we ship anywhere,” she added.

With the tagline “Selling your treasures on the Internet,” Cox said CHAOS to Cash helps people rediscover and recycle possessions they no longer need or want – and make money in the bargain. CHAOS to Cash lists each item in at least two online marketplaces, which could include the largest sites, eBay and Craig’s List, as well as more specialized sites for items, depending upon type of product.

Customers appreciate that CHAOS to Cash takes the hassle factor out of selling unwanted belongings. The store’s services include photographing and researching the value of each item, cataloguing large numbers of items for estate sales, attractively displaying products for sale at the store and removing the need to meet strangers at one’s home through providing a store location. For shoppers, CHAOS to Cash offers an always-evolving treasure trove of items that won’t be found anywhere else.

CHAOS to Cash will take most household décor, furniture, artwork, wall hangings, office furnishings, tools and electrical goods, but not clothing or accessories. Items must be valued at $50 or higher. “We’re a high-tech consignment store and are geared for displaying goods that have a higher value to maximize the potential of both our store display space and the online markets that we use,” said Cox.

CHAOS to Cash is open Thursday through Saturday. For more information, please call 775-560-2994 or visit www.chaostocashreno.com.

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eWomenNetwork explores intuition and confidence in making the sale

Susan Rueppel, PhD, is an internationally known business intuition expert, speaker and trainer.

Reno, NV, December 20, 2011 –The eWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe Chapter is presenting a look at the role of intuition in creating a business advantage at the next eWomenNetwork event, 5 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. (doors open and informal networking begins at 4:30 p.m.), Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at the Hidden Valley Country Club, 3575 East Hidden Valley Dr., Reno. 

Successful people often engage intuition as a potent, valuable and practical resource to expand success.  Presenter Susan Rueppel, Ph.D., will discuss how to access intuitive senses and use them in business – and specifically in sales – to make quicker, optimal business decisions to save time, save money and attract more ideal clients.  This interactive session is designed to help increase intuition and use it to enhance marketing and sales results, attract more clients and know the optimal time to connect with prospects to close more sales.

Participants will learn:

• To get past the stigma of selling and shift into service, confidently offering solutions
• How to determine the greatest opportunities for revenue and when and how to go after them
• Tips and techniques for using innate knowledge to connect with clients and close more sales

Rueppel is an internationally known business intuition expert, speaker and trainer.  She assists clients in expanding their vision and in gaining clarity, focus and confidence by providing specific strategies and a prioritized path forward.  She blends more than 15 years as a professional intuitive with business acumen from more than two decades in corporate roles, along with her experience in starting and running two growing businesses.

eWomenNetwork is the No. 1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses, offering Accelerated Networking^TM  and other resources designed to build relationships and success.  The evening includes dinner and is $40 for eWomenNetwork members, $50 for non-members and $60 for late registration beginning January 14.  Vendor display tables also are available; for more information or to register, visit the chapter website  or call 775-853-2120. 

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Real Deals on Home Décor presents “Feng Shui for the new year: Predictions and success strategies”

Feng Shui strategist Adele Trebil will present "Feng Shui for the New Year" at Real Deals on Home Decor on January 10.

Reno, NV, December 23, 2011 – Real Deals on Home Décor is offering a special presentation, “Feng Shui 2012 predictions and success strategies,” with nationally known Feng Shui expert, Adele Trebil, FSI. The free event takes place 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at the Real Deals on Home Décor Reno store, 1445 S. Meadows Pkwy., Suite 209, Reno. Space is limited; RSVP to 775-853-4303 or reno@realdeals.net.

Attendees will hear a brief background on Feng Shui, its relevance to our lives even in the age of technology, updates on applying Feng Shui principles to today’s homes and offices and some 2012 predictions based on the Feng Shui cycles. Attendees will receive a discount coupon for upcoming Feng Shui Mini-Series classes, Sunday, January 15; Sunday, January 29; and Saturday, February 11.

Adele Trebil, FSI, is the owner of Real Estate Success Strategist. She has applied her international training in Feng Shui to diverse corporate and individual clients to create successful environments around the U.S. for business and personal lifestyle enhancement. “Based on the study of Feng Shui cycles, I will be presenting information that can support people in new and unique ways, not only next year, but for many years to come,” she said.

Trebil has led a grant-funded study of the effects of Feng Shui principles on business revenues. “We participated in Adele Trebil’s grant study of Feng Shui last year, and after following her Feng Shui recommendations, we have seen great results in our business and personal goals,” said Judy DeLong, co-owner of Reno’s Real Deals on Home Décor with her husband, Bob DeLong.

Real Deals on Home Décor will offer a $5 cash card to attendees who bring a friend to this event, and attendees will receive an additional 15 percent discount on every purchase at the event.

Real Deals on Home Décor specializes in distinctive decorator items at bargain prices for every room in the home. The Reno store is one of more than 70 across the country, all locally owned, benefiting from Real Deals’ international buying power. Store hours are limited: Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 am to 3 p.m., but Real Deals always is stocked with an ever-changing array of pottery, artwork, metal wall sculpture, clocks, mirrors, rugs, pillows, tabletop items and furniture.

To RSVP or for more information, please contact Real Deals on Home Décor at 775-853-4303 or reno@realdeals.net. For more on Adele Trebil, visit the Real Estate Strategist blog or call 775-746-4116.

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Gourmet Rooster adds holiday gift baskets to lineup of specialty foods

Company offers unique themed gifts at affordable prices

Gourmet Rooster's baskets include selections from their savory and fruit spreads: Roasted Red Pepper and Garlic, Carmelized Onions and Chardonnay, Country Fair Peach, Whiskey Apple and Ginger Pear, as well as barbecue sauces: Whiskey Apple, Smoky Chipotle, Carolina Style and Smokehouse Bacon.

Reno, NV, December 5, 2011 – Gourmet Rooster a Reno-based specialty foods company, has added holiday gift baskets to its lineup of sauces and spreads.  Themed baskets include the Grillmaster, featuring a selection of four barbecue sauces and tools for the griller; Pinkies Up for Teatime, with four fruit spreads, cookies, honey and teas; Rise and Shine, including three fruit spreads, gourmet coffee and pancake mix; the Wine Accompaniment, with two savory spreads, water crackers, salami, gourmet cheese and chocolates; and the Gourmet Rooster Sampler, with a choice of barbecue sauces, fruit spreads or savory spreads.  Prices for the baskets are affordable, ranging from $16.95 to $49.95, plus shipping.  (View the complete PRWeb news release.)  

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eWomenNetwork presents ideas for business success in 2012   

Johanna McClain, Certified Business Coach; Loretta Bonilla, Front Office Staff; and Cheryl Blossom, The Blossom Institute, enjoy networking at a recent eWomenNetwork event.

Reno, NV, November 29, 2011 — The eWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe Chapter is offering women entrepreneurs and business owners in the community the opportunity to hear the year’s best ideas from other women in business at the next eWomenNetwork event, 5 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. (doors open and informal networking begins at 4:30 p.m.), Thursday, December 14 at the Hidden Valley Country Club, 3575 East Hidden Valley Dr., Reno. 

Successful women know that to achieve, they must remain constant learners and continually re-evaluate their business progress.  Celebration of accomplishments also is vital for renewal and growth.   Our region’s successful women will offer outstanding best practices, strategies and learning moments in this intimate evening of reflection and celebration. 

Attendees will learn at this session:

• Strategies to capitalize on learning moments to maximize their value for the future.
• How to identify key hands-on tools for professional growth.
• Ways to apply others’ success strategies for professional and personal growth in 2012.

eWomenNetwork is the No. 1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses, offering Accelerated Networking^TM  and other resources designed to build relationships and success.  The evening includes dinner and is $40 for eWomenNetwork members, $50 for non-members and $60 for late registration beginning December 10.  Vendor display tables also are available; for more information or to register, visit www.ewomennetwork.com/chapter/reno  or call 775-853-2120.

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Real Deals on Home Décor Designing Divas Night Out offers holiday shopping with local artisans

Dorinda's gourmet chocolate-covered cherries are among the locally made gifts available at Real Deals on Home Décor's Designing Divas Night Out holiday event on November 29. Photo by Michelle Erskine.

Reno, NV, November 18, 2011 – Real Deals on Home Décor’s Designing Divas Night Out is offering a one-night-only holiday shopping celebration featuring extraordinary and affordable gifts from local artisans, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 29 at the Real Deals on Home Décor Reno store, 1445 S. Meadows Pkwy., Suite 209, Reno. 

Attendees will be dazzled by a diverse group of local artists and crafters with their best holiday gifts on display:

• Beverly Akers – Creatively designed handmade fabric flower pins to wear on hats or clothes.
• Patti Howard – Beautiful custom-made jewelry.
• Rosanna Halprine – Delicious hand-crafted fruit butters.
• Molly Coin – Lighted glass blocks made to look like beautifully wrapped gifts to use as centerpieces.
• Lorie Powell –  Belt buckles, necklaces, earrings and bracelets embellished with Swarovski crystals, pearls and other stones.
• Dorinda Vance – Decadent locally made chocolate treats for now or Christmas orders.
• Barb Kallestad – Beautiful note cards and ready-to-frame prints of Lake Tahoe from a locally known watercolor artist.
• Jen Rushton –  Hair flowers for holiday hair accessorizing as well as for gifts.
• Lisa Castanada –  Homemade chicken or pork tamales to make entertaining, home meals or hostess gifting delicious and easy.
• Yvette Fisher – Affordable holiday glamour with Lea Sophia jewelry.

The monthly Designing Divas Night Out is an opportunity for women to network, shop in a relaxed and fun atmosphere and enjoy refreshments.  Every attendee will receive a coupon for 15 percent off her favorite selection (excluding furniture and sale items).  Anyone who brings a friend also will be awarded $5 Real Deals cash for both herself and her friend. For this special night, shoppers may combine both discounts. 

 Real Deals on Home Décor specializes in distinctive decorator items at bargain prices for every room in the home.  The Reno store is one of more than 70 across the country, all locally owned, benefiting from Real Deals’ international buying power. Store hours are limited: Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 am to 3 p.m., but Real Deals always is stocked with an ever-changing array of pottery, artwork, metal wall sculpture, clocks, mirrors, rugs, pillows, tabletop items, furniture and holiday items.  

For more information, please contact Real Deals on Home Décor at 775-853-4303 or reno@realdeals.net.  

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eWomenNetwork Holiday Extravaganza combines celebration, shopping and connecting

eWomenNetwork's Holiday Extravaganza features holiday gift vendors including Molly Coin and Judy DeLong of Real Deals on Home Decor.

Reno, NV, November 3, 2011 – The eWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe Chapter is making holiday shopping an uplifting networking affair with its 6^th Annual Holiday Extravaganza Dinner and Fundraiser.  The evening offers a night of celebration and laughter headlined by local professional comedy troupe, The Utility Players.  The event will feature an array of unique gifts from local women vendors and raffles to benefit local charities, plus music, dancing and eWomenNetwork’s trademarked Accelerated Networking.  It all takes place 6 to10 p.m. (doors open and shopping and informal networking begin at 5:30 p.m.), Friday, November 18 at the Reno Ballroom, 401 N. Center St. in downtown Reno. 

Voted Reno’s Best Comedy Troupe by readers of the Reno News & Review and named Best Bet for Comedy by Reno Metromix, The Utility Players are a group of six versatile comedians, actors, writers and performers.  The two women and four men in the group specialize in improvisational humor and captivating groups of all ages and backgrounds.  Their presentation is guaranteed to entertain and lift the spirits of everyone heading into the hectic holiday season.

eWomenNetwork is the No. 1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses, offering Accelerated Networking and other resources designed to build relationships and success.  The evening includes a seated dinner and entertainment and is $50 for eWomenNetwork members, $60 for non-members and $70 for late registration beginning November 14.  Vendor display tables also are available; for more information or to register, visit www.ewomennetwork.com/chapter/reno  or call 775-853-2120.

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3^rd Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival films showcase wilderness in all of its forms

Adam Bradley's walk from north to south across the length of Nevada had a purpose: explore the impact on wildlife and habitat of the planned transmisison line set to deliver renewably-sourced energy throughout the state. Photo by John C. Tull.

Reno, Nevada, October 5, 2011 – Nevadans will be hearing the call of the wild as the Nevada Wilderness Project’s 3rd Annual Nevada Wild & Scenic Film Festival appears in three locations: 6 p.m., Thursday, October 13, at The Grove, 95 Foothill Dr. at S. Virginia St., Reno; 7 p.m., Wednesday, October 26 at the Mesquite Community Theater, 150 N. Yucca St., Mesquite; and 6 p.m., Wednesday, November 2 at the Rio Hotel Casino, Brazilia Room, 3700 W. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas.  The events showcase 100 minutes of films to inspire, engage and energize viewers about wilderness in all of its forms, with additional fun, raffle prizes and eco-informational displays, plus live music, tasty food and micro-brews at the Reno and Las Vegas events.

The festival’s 14 films range in length from two to 28 minutes and in tone from awe-inspiring to quirky as they examine wilderness in all of its forms, from underground labyrinths to mountain heights.  Reno and Las Vegas event tickets are $10 in advance (available at www.wildnevada.org), $12 at the door and $5 for students with ID.  Mesquite event tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door, with youth 13 and under free and are available at the Mesquite Community Theater Box Office, 702-345-4499.

The films include a first for the festival, a Nevada-focused film, Walking the Line: New Energy in the Old West, chronicling Reno resident Adam Bradley’s historic hike tracing the Southwest Intertie Project (SWIP) transmission line’s future route across the state.  The line will carry renewably-sourced energy throughout  Nevada.  “Hiking to raise awareness of the SWIP corridor was a unique experience; the environment may appear desolate, but the journey wasn’t,” said Bradley.  “I was consistently surprised by the amount of wildlife out there as well as the inspiration provided by the landscape,” he added. 

Other films include:

• Animals Save the Planet: Meerkats – One in a series of humorous animated short films produced for Animal Planet by Academy Award-winning studio Aardman Animations (Wallace & Gromit; Chicken Run) in which animals give humans tips on how to live an eco-friendly lifestyle.  In this episode, meerkats weigh in on auto emissions.
• Nico’s Challenge – A 13-year-old boy faces special challenges when he decides to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s highest freestanding mountain. His goal: raise money and deliver free wheelchairs to the disabled people of Tanzania.  The film reveals the outcome and much more.  
• Eagles Among the Swarm – This hauntingly beautiful film reveals the thousands of Pacific Dunlin birds who spend the winter in Boundary Bay, British Columbia. At the season’s peak, numbers can reach up to 20,000 birds at a time, with enormous flocks racing and circling over the calm waters like a flickering ballet – all under the watchful eyes of the waiting raptors.
• Animals Save the Planet: Supermarket Bags – What do camels, kangaroos and pelicans have in common? They bring their own bags when they go shopping.
• Coast is Clear: Learning from Our Mistakes – The Canadian government is considering a proposal from Enbridge for a 1,170-kilometer pipeline from Alberta’s tar sands to the coast of British Columbia. The pipeline would bring more than 200 crude oil tankers annually to this spectacular coast, many of them larger than the Exxon Valdez.
• Animals Save the Planet: Energy Efficient Penguin – When a pedaling penguin is your source of power, it’s smart to save fish by switching to energy-saving bulbs.
• Crossroads: Sage Grouse – A film for the Montana Audubon Society about the impact of oil and gas development on sage grouse, a species recently warranted for listing under the Endangered Species Act.  Sage grouse have been lost from about half of their historical environments.  Their numbers in Nevada have greatly declined due to loss, fragmentation and habitat degradation.
• Into Darkness – Journey along with a group of cavers who push through impossibly small passages thousands of feet underground to access some of the final frontiers on earth. The images and sounds of these spectacular and remote wilderness caves reveal a fantastic world unlike anything we experience on the surface.
• Oktapodi – Two octopi help each other in a comical escape from the grasps of a stubborn restaurant cook.
• The Fishman – That’s what they call sound engineer Mike Kasic, who lives along the Yellowstone River in Livingston, Montana, and spends his days swimming with the current in one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the U.S.   Kasic watches trout in fast currents filled with frothing water tornadoes and stops occasionally to make way for a crossing bison. His message is simple: a river is more than its water; what lies beneath is a wilderness is often overlooked but critical for the ecosystem.
• Animals Save the Planet: Gassy Cows – This animated short is humorous as well as provocative.  What are all of those flatulent cows doing to the planet?
• Border Country – Sometimes a mountain is just a mountain, a climb just a climb. But sometimes it’s more than that.  Jeremy Collins and Mikey Schaefer climb a new route on Yosemite’s Middle Cathedral in honor of two friends killed in a climbing accident. The film is a tribute to Jonny Copp and Micah Dash and a response to the catastrophe and the restorative beauty of nature.
• Brower Youth Award: De’Anthony Jones – De’Anthony is one of six 2010 winners of the Brower Youth Awards established by the Earth Island Institute in honor of the founder and legendary activist David R. Brower. De’Anthony teaches his peers at Mission High School in San Francisco about environmental justice and ecological sustainability.

Wild & Scenic Film Festival national sponsorship partners include CLIF Bar, Grist.org, Klean Kanteen, Osprey Packs, Patagonia and Sierra Nevada Brewing.  Nevada underwriting sponsors are Caesars Entertainment and Las Vegas Meetings.  Nevada sponsors include birdandhike.com, Encore Productions, First Solar, Intuit, KRNV-News 4, KSNV-News 3, NVEnergy, REI and Silver Sage Center for Family Medicine.   For more information regarding the Nevada Wild & Scenic Film Festival or to volunteer, please visit www.wildnevada.org or call 775-657-8430.

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UNR Extended Studies invites community to sample career-enhancing courses at free open house

Liz Christoffersen is founder and CEO of Empower Consulting Group and instructor for UNR Extended Studies' strategy and innovation course, part of the new executive learning and leadership series.

Reno, NV, August 17, 2011 – With many northern Nevadans looking for ways to expand their career prospects, the University of Nevada, Reno is offering a free Extended Studies open house  showcasing its noncredit certificates and courses, academic credit and online degree programs.  The event will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 24, at University of Nevada Reno’s Redfield Campus, 18600 Wedge Parkway, Reno.

Participants can receive additional discounts for select on-site registrations on top of early registration discounts, and they can enter to win a six-hour professional development course or an iPad 2 (drawing held at 7 p.m.; must be present to win).  Refreshments will be served. 

The community is invited to sample courses in two 20-minute information sessions (held 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.).   Participants will be able to meet faculty and instructors and visit information tables representing more than 40 programs including accounting, business leadership, energy management and social media.  Instructors present at the event will include:

• Leadership Series– Liz Christoffersen
• Women’s Health – Lisa Mantkus, RN, MEP-C
• Social Media Marketing – Todd Felts, MALS
• Energy Management – Scott Terrell, M.A.; Peter Millar, M.S.
• Caregiving – Susan Harris, Ph.D.
• Human Resources/PHR/SPHR – Karyn Jensen, M.S., SPHR
• Advanced Management – Jim McClenahan, MBA
• Paralegal Studies – The Honorable James L. Spoo, J.D.; Linda A. Bowman, J.D.
• Project Management – Sharon Grundy

For more informationor to register online, visit and search by course title, visit Extended Studies  or call 775-784-4062 or 1-800-233-8928.  For an at-a-glance calendar of fall, 2011 classes, visit the Extended Studies online calendar. 

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Real Deals on Home Décor Designing Divas Night Out features Adele Trebil’s fresh take on Feng Shui

Adele Trebil is a Feng Shui expert and founder of The Real Estate Success Strategist, a consulting business that works with companies and individuals to maximize productivity and harmony using the design principles of Feng Shui.

Reno, NV, August 11, 2011 – Real Deals on Home Décor’s August Designing Divas Night Out presents nationally known Feng Shui expert, Adele Trebil, with a fresh perspective on the ancient art of Feng Shui.  The free event takes place 5:30 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, August 23 at the Real Deals on Home Décor Reno store, 1445 S. Meadows Pkwy., Suite 209, Reno. 

 Adele Trebil has applied her international training in Feng Shui to diverse corporate and individual clients to create successful environments around the U.S. for business and personal lifestyle enhancement.  Attendees will learn what Feng Shui is and why it’s relevant to our current real estate economy, Feng Shui principles, quick tips for diagnosing spaces using Feng Shui and do’s and don’ts for creating a better Feng Shui environment.  Attendees will receive a discount coupon for an upcoming Feng Shui mini-series class.

“Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese art and science of energy balancing the built environment to expand its potential, but its principles have practical implications that can help all of us live and work better,” said Trebil.

“Anyone who wants to learn more about Feng Shui from a highly trained expert will not want to miss this month’s Designing Divas Night Out” said Judy DeLong, co-owner of Reno’s Real Deals on Home Décor with her husband, Bob DeLong. 

The monthly Designing Divas Night Out event offers the opportunity for women to learn from experts, network and enjoy friends, refreshments and shopping with additional discounts.  Real Deals on Home Décor offers a $5 cash card to Designing Divas Night Out attendees who bring a friend, and all attendees receive an additional 15 percent discount on every purchase at the event.  

Real Deals on Home Décor specializes in distinctive decorator items at bargain prices for every room in the home.  The Reno store is one of more than 90 across the country, all locally owned, benefiting from Real Deals’ international buying power. Store hours are limited: Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 am to 3 p.m., but Real Deals is always stocked with an ever-changing array of pottery, artwork, metal wall sculpture, clocks, mirrors, rugs, pillows, tabletop items and furniture.

To RSVP or for more information, please contact Real Deals on Home Décor at 775-853-4303 or visit their website.  For more on Adele Trebil, visit The Real Estate Success Strategist blog or call 775-746-4116.

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eWomenNetwork event explores taking entrepreneurial passion to profitability

Clare Dreyer, Clare Dreyer Consulting; Emma Auriemma McKay, Auriemma Design; and Siobhan Carlon-Cremin, MCS Mortgage Company, enjoy networking at an eWomenNetwork event.

Reno, NV, August 2, 2011 – Starting a business is the fulfillment of many entrepreneurs’ dreams, but they may be left wondering why the dream turns into a struggle.  The next eWomenNetwork event focuses on turning entrepreneurial passion into profit, 5 to 8 p.m. (doors open and informal networking begins at 4:30 p.m.), Wednesday, August 17, at the Hidden Valley Country Club, 3575 E. Hidden Valley Drive, Reno. 

Adryenn Ashley will present her “Wow! Is Me!” strategies which are designed to transform solopreneurs into successful business celebrities by creatively integrating ideas and action into the entrepreneurial lifestyle.  Ashley is author of Monetizing Your Passion™: Mastering Social Econometrics and frequently speaks about online visibility, reputation management, monetization, bootstrapping startups and social media. 

Everyone has a special talent; Ashley will present ways to make a talent more than just profitable. Attendees will learn at this session:

• Easy techniques to identify and monetize business passion
• Fast personal branding tactics that get attention
• How to streamline success with cutting-edge business processes
• Ways to identify and attract the best customers
• How to attract joint ventures that generate extra sales and expand business

“’Wow! Is Me!’ is about more than publicity: it’s about working smarter, not harder, to support your growth and enhance your success,” said Ashley.

The evening includes dinner, a business expo and eWomenNetwork’s trademarked “Accelerated Networking.”  Cost is $40 for eWomenNetwork members, $50 for non-members and $60 for all late registrations beginning August 13.  A limited number of vendor display tables are available; reservations for the July event and display tables may be made at the eWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe Chapter website or by calling 775-853-2120.  

eWomenNetwork is the No. 1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses.  For more information, visit the chapter website or call 775-853-2120.

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Free seminar offers expert updates on foreclosure and short sales for local homeowners

Reno real estate attorney Judith A. Otto presents foreclosure options for homeowners at a New Start Nevada seminar.

Reno, NV, July 29, 2011 – New Start Nevada, a program dedicated to distressed homeowner education, is offering a free seminar featuring expert advice on short sales, loan modifications and foreclosure options, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 24 at the Sierra View Library in the Reno Town Mall, 4001 S. Virginia St. at Peckham Ln. in Reno.

Founded by Realtors® and Certified Distressed Property Experts (CDPE) Tami Ritz and Nicole Reel, New Start Nevada is presenting a series of free workshops open to the community.  “New Start Nevada has proven to be a highly effective program, allowing distressed homeowners direct contact with professionals who can help them the most.” said Ritz.   

RealtyTrac reports that Nevada continues to lead the nation in foreclosures, with Washoe County showing one foreclosure filing for every 174 housing units in June, 2011, compared to one in 583 nationwide during the same month. 

Panelists at the seminar include Reno real estate attorney Judith A. Otto, whose practice specializes in working with clients facing foreclosure, and Tami Ritz and Nicole Reel, Realtors with Keller Williams Realty Group One, Inc.  Topics covered will include:

• Who qualifies for a short sale
• The difference between loan modifications, short sales and foreclosure
• Tax and credit implications
• Post-short sale recovery techniques
• How to avoid fraud in the distressed sales market

Attendees will be able to ask questions after the presentations and also will be given handouts including financial worksheet, sample hardship letter and contact information for resources. 

“Our mission at New Start Nevada is to save homeowners from foreclosure and protect our housing market from further decline,” said Reel. 

More information and seminar registration are available at New Start Nevada or by calling 775-384-5445. 

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Real Deals on Home Décor Designing Divas Night Out cools off with summer fashions and skin care advice from the experts

Rebecca Ramsey and Angela Grausz enjoy networking and shopping at a Real Deals on Home Decor Designing Divas Night Out event.

Reno, NV, July 21, 2011 – Real Deals on Home Décor’s Designing Divas Night Out is offering cool fashion and makeup ideas for hot summer days at its July event with a summer fashion show along with skin care and makeup tips from the experts.   The free event takes place 5:30 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 26 at the Real Deals on Home Décor Reno store, 1445 S. Meadows Pkwy., Suite 209, Reno. 

Misty Lacey of Queen Beez Unique Boutique will show the store’s fashions for all ages, and Dede Edwards and Amy Mutnan, skin care and makeup specialists from the medical spa at Hall and Wrye Plastic Surgeons, will present new ideas for looking great at every stage of life.    

“This month’s Designing Divas is dedicated to the proposition that women should be able to look and feel fabulous at any age,” said Judy DeLong, co-owner of Reno’s Real Deals on Home Décor with her husband, Bob DeLong.  

The monthly Designing Divas Night Out event offers the opportunity for women to learn from experts, network and enjoy friends, refreshments and shopping with additional discounts.  Real Deals on Home Décor offers a $5 cash card to Designing Divas Night Out attendees who bring a friend, and all attendees receive an additional 15 percent discount on every purchase at the event.   

Real Deals on Home Décor specializes in distinctive decorator items at bargain prices for every room in the home.  The Reno store is one of more than 90 across the country, all locally owned, benefiting from Real Deals’ international buying power. Store hours are limited: Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 am to 3 p.m., but Real Deals is always stocked with an ever-changing array of pottery, artwork, metal wall sculpture, clocks, mirrors, birdcages, floral accents, rugs, pillows, tabletop items and furniture.

To RSVP or for more information, please contact Real Deals on Home Décor at 775-853-4303 or reno@realdeals.net.

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Jamie Cooke helps business owners with new regulations in free “Business responsibility for retirement plans” seminar

Jamie Cooke, investment and retirement coach and principal with MC2 Wealth Solutions, recently was named an Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) by the Center for Fiduciary Studies.

Reno, NV,  June 16, 2011 — Jamie Cooke, CLU®, ChFC®, CDFA®, AIF®, investment and retirement coach and principal with MC₂ Wealth Solutions, is offering a free “Business responsibility for retirement plans” seminar for business owners, fiduciaries and others who are responsible for employee retirement, pension and 401(k) plans.  The seminar will be held 7:30-8:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 19, at the Hyatt Place, 1790 E. Plumb Lane in Reno.

Seminar participants will take away practical action steps to assure they are in full compliance with all requirements.  “Many employers are unaware of their potential legal liability,” said Cooke.  “They don’t realize they can be held personally liable not only for investment losses, but also for funds or stocks that are in their plans,” she added. Federal law in 2012 will mandate that plan sponsors and trustees verify that costs associated with their retirement plans are “reasonable and fair.” 

“Understanding costs has until now been very difficult due to the way fees are layered into the plans, but they can amount to thousands of dollars over any one person’s term of employment,” Cooke said.  “MC₂ has partnered with a firm specializing in benchmark reporting for plan sponsors so they can objectively compare how their plans stack up in terms of fees.”   

Cooke specializes in investment coaching, retirement plans and financial analysis in divorce at MC₂ Wealth Solutions, an independent investment firm in Reno.  She recently was awarded the Accredited Investment Fiduciary® (AIF®) designation from the Center for Fiduciary Studies, an organization offering training, tools and resources to promote a culture of fiduciary responsibility and improve decision-making processes of fiduciaries. 

The AIF designation signifies specialized knowledge of fiduciary responsibility and the ability to implement policies and procedures that meet a defined standard of care.  The designation is the culmination of a rigorous training program including a comprehensive exam and agreement to abide by the AIF code of ethics. 

For more information or to RSVP for the “Business responsibility for retirement plans” seminar, please contact 775-825-3001 or jamie@mc2wealthsolutions.com.

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SaferMoto.com and Insurrection Racing partner with motorcycle safety in mind

Sparks, NV, June 15, 2011 — SaferMoto.com, distributor of innovative inflatable motorcycle rider safety vests using airbag technology, and Insurrection Racing, maker of performance motorcycle leathers and accessories, have announced a partnership agreement to promote safer riding, whether on the street or the track. 

Insurrection now carries the SaferMoto line of protective gear in their Seattle and Thunderhill Raceway, Willows, California stores.  In addition, the company has designed a full one-piece customized co-branded Insurrection-SaferMoto racing suit by PILOT USA, a leading motorcycle suit manufacturer.  Insurrection is offering discounts on the suit and the entire Insurrection line for SaferMoto customers.  View the complete news release on PRWeb.

Real Deals on Home Décor Designing Divas Night Out features Mystery Hostess gift card drawing, GourMelt treats

Nancy Surina, Bev Mendoza and Barb Kallestad enjoy connecting and shopping at Designing Divas Night Out.

Reno, NV, June 20, 2011 – Real Deals on Home Décor’s Designing Divas Night Out is celebrating the arrival of summer at its June event with a Mystery Hostess gift card drawing.  Every attendee will be entered into the drawing, with the winner receiving a gift card that will be loaded with five dollars for every sale of the evening.  The free event takes place 5:30 to 7 p.m. with the drawing scheduled for 6:45 p.m., Tuesday, June 28 at the Real Deals on Home Décor Reno store, 1445 S. Meadows Pkwy., Suite 209, Reno. 

All Designing Divas will be able to sample delicious gourmet grilled cheese and dessert delights from GourMelt, one of Reno’s newest mobile gourmet trucks serving a selection of melt-in-your-mouth treats.   

The monthly Designing Divas Night Out event offers the opportunity for women to network and enjoy friends, refreshments and shopping with additional discounts.  “We dedicate the fourth Tuesday evening of every month to celebrating all of northern Nevada’s Designing Divas, and we encourage them to bring their friends to enjoy delicious food and our latest Real Deals on Home Décor finds,” said Judy DeLong, co-owner of Reno’s Real Deals on Home Décor with her husband, Bob DeLong.  

Real Deals on Home Décor offers a $5 cash card to Designing Divas Night Out attendees who bring a friend, and all attendees receive an additional 15 percent discount on every purchase at the event.   

Real Deals on Home Décor specializes in distinctive decorator items at bargain prices for every room in the home.  The Reno store is one of 70 across the country, all locally owned, benefiting from Real Deals’ international buying power. Store hours are limited: Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 am to 3 p.m., but Real Deals is always stocked with an ever-changing array of pottery, artwork, metal wall sculpture, clocks, mirrors, birdcages, floral accents, rugs, pillows, tabletop items and furniture.

To RSVP or for more information, please contact Real Deals on Home Décor at 775-853-4303 or visit the Reno Real Deals website. For more information on GourMelt, visit the GourMelt website. 

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Free seminar offers foreclosure, short sale advice for homeowners

Tami Ritz and Nicole Reel, Realtors and Certified Distressed Property Experts with Keller Williams Realty Group One, Inc., created New Start Nevada to help educate northern Nevadans who are threatened with foreclosure.

Reno, NV, June 1, 2011 – New Start Nevada, a program dedicated to distressed homeowner education, is offering a free seminar featuring expert advice on short sales, loan modifications and foreclosure options, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Monday, June 27 at the Sierra View Library at the Reno Town Mall, 4001 S. Virginia St. at Peckham Ln. in Reno.

Founded by Realtors® and Certified Distressed Property Experts (CDPE) Tami Ritz and Nicole Reel, New Start Nevada is presenting a series of free workshops open to the community. “Our purpose is to bring greater understanding and solutions to foreclosure as well as provide a detailed explanation of short sales, which maybe be the best course of action for some homeowners,” said Ritz. RealtyTrac ranks Reno-Sparks ninth among U.S. metro areas in foreclosures, at one foreclosure filing in every 183 housing units in April, 2011, compared to one in 593 nationwide during the same month.

Panelists at the seminar include Reno real estate attorney Judith A. Otto, whose practice specializes in working with clients facing foreclosure, and Tami Ritz and Nicole Reel, Realtors with Keller Williams Realty Group One, Inc. Topics covered will include:
• Who qualifies for a short sale
• The difference between loan modifications, short sales and foreclosure
• Tax and credit implications
• Post-short sale recovery techniques
• How to avoid fraud in the distressed sales market

Attendees will be able to ask questions after the presentations and also will be given handouts including financial worksheet, sample hardship letter and contact information for resources.

“When the real estate market changed dramatically in our region, many homeowners were caught in financial and legal situations they’d never faced before,” said Reel. “Bringing dignified solutions to struggling homeowners in our community is our number one goal,”

More information and seminar registration are available at the New Start Nevada website or by calling 775-384-5445.

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EXtretcher offers innovative rescue options for tight spaces

Reno, NV, June 6, 2011 — When natural disaster or fires strike, first responders are expected to extricate victims quickly and safely. Removing the injured from tight spaces in burning or collapsed buildings is all part of the job. EXtretcher, a rigidly sturdy inflatable stretcher that uses airbag technology, now is available to make the safe transport of injured patients possible with lifesaving efficacy.

Weighing just seven pounds but fully supportive of up to 450 pounds, EXtretcher is ideal for first responders, hospitals, nursing homes and senior living communities. Only two people are needed to transport a disabled patient from the upper floors of a building – an ideal solution for situations when elevators are not available. EXtretcher also can be used as a temporary bed in mass casualty incidents until patients can be treated in the hospital.

Instantly inflatable with a replaceable CO2 cartridge or by hand, EXtretcher can be stored in a space about the size of a folded towel. Its small size, full support and instant adaptability for even large patients make it an important enhancement for highway patrol vehicles.

“EXtretcher is the only inflatable stretcher designed for emergency responders everywhere,” said Alan Cunningham, CEO of SaferMoto, Sparks, NV-based west coast distributor of the EXtretcher. “With its fast inflation, sturdy construction and compact design, it is created to save lives though stabilization and decreased time to treatment.”

EXtretcher currently retails at $799 with discounts offered for volume purchasers. It comes with a one-year product defect warranty. It is available online at www.EXtretcher.com or at selected trade shows. For more information, please contact EXtretcher at 877-250-6686, sales@safermoto.com or visit their website.

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eWomenNetwork presents “Creating wild success by clearing the clutter”

eWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe Chapter executive managing director Kymberlee Simantel with members Donna Holland, Kimberly Phipps-Nichol and Marcy Barba.

Reno, NV, June 2, 2011 -It’s not just physical clutter that obstructs success.  Mental and spiritual clutter forever will be barriers until they are understood and managed, according to Kelli Wilson, speaker at the June eWomenNetwork event.  “Creating wild success by clearing the clutter” will be presented by Wilson, 5 to 8 p.m. (doors open and informal networking begins at 4:30 p.m.), Wednesday, June 15, at the Hidden Valley Country Club, 3575 E. Hidden Valley Drive, Reno. 

Attendees will learn how to clear their own clutter at this session with information including:
• The truth about the stuff
• Mental, physical and spiritual clutter and how to dump the head-trash
• Three questions to ask your clutter
• Clutter breakthrough tips

Kelli Wilson is a clutter breakthrough expert and author of The Clutter Breakthrough—Your Five-Step Solution to Freedom from Clutter Forever. Endorsed by Oprah organizer, Peter Walsh, and “The Secret” DVD star, Dr. Joe Vitale, Wilson’s book opens the conversation about how mental, physical and spiritual clutter serve to keep us disconnected from our lives. Wilson offers clutter breakthrough coaching to clients across the country. Through her workshops and coaching groups, she assists participants with effective solutions for their own clutter breakthroughs.

The evening includes dinner and eWomenNetwork’s trademarked accelerated networking opportunities. Cost is $40 for eWomenNetwork members, $50 for non-members and $60 for all late registrations beginning June 11. Vendor display tables also are available at the event.

eWomenNetwork is North America’s leading women’s organization for the support, promotion and showcasing of members’ products and services to help them achieve their professional goals. For more information or to register for the June 15 event, visit the eWomenNetwork Reno/CarsonTahoe Chapter or call 775-853-2120.

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Real Deals on Home Décor Designing Divas Night Out features
Chocolate CHAOS

Real Deals on Home Decor owner Judy DeLong, Debbie Fortin, Patti Howard and Real Deals on Home Decor sales associate Molly Coin enjoy the April Designing Divas Night Out event.

Reno, NV, May 9, 2011 – Real Deals on Home Décor’s Designing Divas Night Out in May is serving up Chocolate CHAOS, spotlighting two presenters: Peggy Tavener with Dove Chocolate Discoveries and Debbie Cox, organizing expert with CHAOS, Creative Home and Office Solutions. The free event takes place 5:30 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 24 at the Real Deals on Home Décor Reno store, 1445 S. Meadows Pkwy., Suite 209, Reno.

Tavener will be demonstrating and offering samples of fresh ideas for entertaining with chocolate, the favorite food of women everywhere. Cox will offer inspirations for a more organized and creative life with tips and organizing products designed for the home, office, car and travel.

The monthly Designing Divas Night Out event offers the opportunity for women to hear from experts in home décor and entertaining while networking, enjoying friends and refreshments and the opportunity to shop the Real Deals store with additional discounts. “Our goal is to inspire the Designing Diva in all of our attendees,” said Judy DeLong, who owns Reno’s Real Deals on Home Décor with her husband, Bob DeLong.

Real Deals on Home Décor offers a $5 cash card to Designing Divas Night Out attendees who bring a friend. Light hors d’oeuvres, chocolate martinis and other beverages will be served.

Real Deals on Home Décor specializes in distinctive decorator items at bargain prices for every room in the home. The Reno store is one of 70 across the country, all locally owned, benefiting from Real Deals’ international buying power. Store hours are limited: Thursdays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 10 am to 3 p.m., but Real Deals is always stocked with an ever-changing array of pottery, artwork, metal wall sculpture, clocks, mirrors, birdcages, floral accents, rugs, pillows, tabletop items and furniture.

To RSVP or for more information, please contact Real Deals on Home Décor at 775-853-4303 or reno@realdeals.net. For more information on Dove Chocolates, visit Dove Chocolate Discoveries and for information on CHAOS, visit CHAOS Reno.

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T. Brian Callister, MD, FHM, became president of the Nevada State Medical Association (NSMA), and Beverly Daly-Dix became president of the NSMA Alliance at the group's 107th annual conference.

T. Brian Callister, MD, FHM, installed as Nevada State Medical Association president

Reno, NV, May 9, 2011 – Reno internist T. Brian Callister, MD, FHM, on April 16 became president of the Nevada State Medical Association (NSMA) at the group’s 107th annual conference at Incline Village, NV. He represents more than 1,700 physicians and medical students who are members of the NSMA, Nevada’s oldest and largest physician advocacy organization. He now serves as the association’s official spokesperson during legislative and regulatory agency presentations, professional and public group presentations and for the media on issues affecting the practice of medicine in Nevada. Dr. Callister also will lead NSMA legislative group meetings and attend local and county medical society board meetings.

Dr. Callister’s involvement in physician leadership groups has spanned more than three decades. He is Nevada chair of the American Medical Association’s Organized Medical Staff section and past president of the Washoe County Medical Society and the Governor’s Council for the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Callister received the Volunteerism and Community Service Award at the 2011 American College of Physicians Nevada Chapter scientific meeting in Las Vegas. The recognition is given to a physician who has shown outstanding volunteerism and community service and has raised the level of awareness and promoted dialogue and action in volunteerism within his or her region.

Dr. Callister has served for more than a decade as National Medical Director for LifeCare Hospitals and has directed its medical staff leadership for fifteen years. He is a past Chief of Staff and a current board member of Catholic Healthcare West’s Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno. He is a frequent national educational lecturer on topics including improving relationships in healthcare; quality outcomes; body, mind and soul; and end of life issues.

As the chair of the clinical committee of the Acute Long Term Hospital Association, Dr. Callister led the initiative to develop and release the first-ever clinical outcomes benchmarking study in the long-term acute care field.

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Locally-owned pharmacies adopt new Sierra Health Mart Pharmacy name

Sierra Health Mart Pharmacy continues a decades-long history of service at three Reno-Tahoe locations under the ownership of David Vasenden, RPh, and Brant Skanson, RPh, along with Terry Vasenden and Julie Skanson.

Reno, NV, April 30, 2011 — Three pharmacies in Reno and Lake Tahoe have proudly operated with local ownership and a long history in northern Nevada, but until now, under three different names: Don’s Pharmacy in downtown Reno, Sierra Compounding Pharmacy in south Reno and Village Pharmacy in Incline Village. Those signs have come down, and the Sierra Health Mart Pharmacy signs are up, signifying a name change, but no change in ownership or service for the pharmacies.

Sierra Health Mart is inviting the community to celebrate the new name and meet its staff at events at all three pharmacies. A new name celebration and ribbon-cutting reception will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, May 4 at Sierra Health Mart Pharmacy-South Reno, 8040 South Virginia St. New name celebration and customer and medical partner appreciation open houses will be offered from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, May 6 at Sierra Health Mart Pharmacy-Downtown Reno, 501 Ralston St. and Sierra Health Mart Pharmacy-Incline Village, 898 Tanager St.

“We’re excited to unite our three pharmacies under the Sierra Health Mart Pharmacy banner,” said Terry Vasenden, who shares ownership of the group with her husband, pharmacist David Vasenden, along with pharmacist Brant Skanson and his wife, Julie Skanson. “We’re still locally owned, and Brant and David still are available in our pharmacies, dedicated to providing the best possible patient care,” she added.

Sierra Health Mart has been growing and recently has increased its staff, now totaling more than 40 employees. The three pharmacies for several years have been under common ownership and affiliated as locally-owned franchisees of Health Mart Pharmacy, a leading national network of independently-owned pharmacies. The oldest pharmacy in the group, Don’s Pharmacy, has a 40-year tradition in downtown Reno. Terry Vasenden said the new name achieves a more unified identity and also helps patients locate the three pharmacies when directed to a Health Mart Pharmacy by insurance providers.

In addition to being the area’s only locally-owned pharmacy group, Sierra Health Mart Pharmacy is distinguished in being a compounding pharmacy. “Our pharmacists and staff have advanced training in compounding, allowing us to offer customized medications,” said Brant Skanson, RPh. “We can create specialty preparations and custom medications to solve medication challenges by adding flavoring, removing dyes or lactose, changing dosage forms and making medication easier to administer – even for pets,” he added.

“It’s rewarding to be part of a business that can work together in getting Reno and Tahoe healthier – one patient at a time,” said David Vasenden, RPh. “We enjoy giving back to our community through the organizations and charities we’re involved with, as well as providing our free women’s wellness seminars – a Party with a Purpose,” he added. Sierra Health Mart also is unique in offering a nurse educator who provides consultations for women experiencing the effects of perimenopause and menopause.

For more information about Sierra Health Mart Pharmacy, compounded medications or a Party with a Purpose, please call 853-3500 or visit www.SierraHealthMart.com.

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