Cheers & kudos

Family grateful to strangerAfter the cross, marking the spot of the passing of my daughter Olivia, was stolen in September, an article was put in the Nevada Appeal asking for help to find the cross.The cross was not returned but there were calls. Another lady, as myself, had lost a child. Her son’s cross was stolen too. Then a man named Ray called me, he told me he didn't know where my daughter’s cross was but he wanted to help. He asked if he could build my daughter a new cross. I could not believe that a stranger would want to do this for my family. I just want to thank Ray for the beautiful cross that he built.God bless you and thank you from my family. We put the cross back up on her birthday Oct. 21.There are not enough word to say how thankful we are to Ray.Jacky EddyDaytonThank you for helping early votersThank you to Sandra Fluke for accompanying voters on Oct. 20 to early voting. Sandra is a graduate of Cornell University and a recent graduate of Georgetown University Law School in Washington, D.C. She advocates for teen victims of human trafficking, domestic violence, and she was the only woman in a panel of men to speak regarding women's health issues during federal legislation in Washington, D.C. this year. Thank you.Ramona RussellCarson CityJog-a-Thon a huge successOn behalf of the Bordewich-Bray Elementary School staff, we would like to give a special thank you to all the students, parents and other friends who recently supported our Jog-a-Thon. The generosity of our community helps us to support and enhance our children’s education through various enrichment activities throughout the year.Thanks also to the parents who helped with our event, from counting the money to handing out snacks, taking pictures, monitoring the track and to Gracie, our school mascot. We would also like to thank Kristen, Sherry, Nick and their staff at the Governor’s Mansion for hosting the luncheon, which was prepared by Grandma Hattie’s. Also, a special thank you to Kohl’s for the volunteers who helped with the event as well as their donation to our school.Linda HurzelCarson CitySponsors make dinner theatre successful for Children’s MuseumBelow is a list of the businesses and Individuals who helped make our 3rd annual mystery dinner theatre a huge success for the Children’s Museum:A Catered Affair; Alie’s Flowers; Artisan’s Caf; Artsy Fartsy; Big Horns Basketball; Bodine’s; Bridger Mountain Boutique; Builders Wholesale; Capital Beverages; Capital Ford and Tim Milligan; Carson City Toyota and Dick Campagni; Carson Nugget; Carson Valley Middle School Art Department; Casino Fandango; Charley’s Subs; Crimson Moon; Custom Fit of Minden; DeBug Computer; Dixie Miller; Douglas High School Culinary Department; Dutch Bros. Coffee; Fabric Chicks of Minden; Fabulous You; Family Guidance and Wellness Network; Flip-N-Target; Get Nailed; Grandma Hattie’s Restaurant; Houghton and Jones; John and Ronni Hannaman; Les Schwab; Michael Hohl Subaru; Mom and Pops; Montbleu Casino; Positive Energy; Red’s Old 395 Grill; Rocking and Rolling; Schat’s Bakery; Sierra Gifts; SPCA; Spirit of Halloween; Starbucks; StayBent Fishing; Stor-All of Dayton; Terribles Casino of Dayton; Thai Thai Restaurant; Trader Joe’s; We Shoot Video; Wine Shop at Home; Zen’s Cafe; Alaina Anderson; Alisa Kuniya; Angelo DePerez; Ashley Winter; Bryce Taylor; Carol Park; Carole Tashman; Chrissi Barnett; Christine Groman; Eric Todd; Frank Watkins; Genieve Christy; Jamie Castle; Jenny Kilgore; Jimmie Bryan; John Hurzel; Kathy Hiltgen; Ken Luther; Kerry Stack; Kris Pradere; Laura Pradere; Marcy Potter; Mark Holbrook; Mark Olsen; Mary Ann Weiss; Mike Irvin; Norm Tashman; Paul Shumaker; Penny Holbrook; Rachel Godecke; Raynell Heaton; Sandra Irvin; Steve Segal; Tom Bevers and Vania Morocho.Lu OlsenCarson CityThanks to CHS Culinary ProgramOn Sept. 16, the Reno Sunrise Rotary Club held its second annual Edible Pedal 100 bicycle ride that started at Bowers Mansion and went through Carson City. Almost 1,000 riders participated in the 10, 50 and 100 mile ride routes.The Carson City rest stop of the ride was staffed by students from Penny Reynolds’ Carson High School culinary arts classes. The young people worked hard preparing and serving food and beverages to the hundreds of riders who stopped. Our Rotary Club wants to thank the many students who worked and especially Ms. Reynolds for all of the time and effort all of them put in at this rest stop.Carson City should be very proud of the students and Ms. Reynolds.John AlbrechtRenoPancake breakfast a successMany thanks to all of our contributors and guests for a very successful Nevada Day Pancake Breakfast hosted by the Carson City Republican Women's Club at the Governor's Mansion. The proceeds go to a $1,000 each scholarship for two seniors from Carson and Dayton High Schools. This event is over 30 years old and relies solely on the generosity of our own merchants, who donate food or money for this breakfast. The following are recognized and appreciated by the Carson City Republican Women’s Club:Alsco, Bonanza Products, Carson City Nugget, Casino Fandango, Costco, Gold Dust West, Grandma Hattie's Restaurant, McDonalds, Model Dairy, Slot World and Villa Basque Deli & Cafe.Also, special recognition and thanks to Chef John from Glen Eagles Restaurant for lending his expertise and assistance in the kitchen. Many thanks for all the volunteers and merchants.Mary Burgoon and Kaye Keeton, Co-ChairsCarson CityCommunity supports FremontFremont Elementary School had a very successful and busy fall this year and we could not have done it without the help of the community.Fremont held our annual jog-a-thon in September. Our school raised close to $8,000 to help support the school. A huge thank you goes out to Best Buy, CV Sports, Target, Walmart, the Bike Smith and the Bike Habitat for their generous contributions of prizes that we awarded to our students. We could not have done it without them.Also, in September, Fremont held our 20 year celebration of being in our new building. We had an open house with cake and ice cream. Thank you to the Red Hut restaurant for their donation of the ice cream and paper products to make this party a success.Thank you to McDonalds for supplying gift cards to help say thank you to the bus drivers, custodians, and other support staff who help our students be here and learning. Finally, Southwest Gas has been an amazing Partner in Education with Fremont Elementary. Workers from the gas company came to our garden and habitat and helped clean them up, add a shed, worked on the sprinkler system, and did many other projects. It looks amazing. Southwest Gas also sent volunteers to help students do their science fair experiments. They took students through the scientific process, and reinforced to our students that science is fun. Thank you to those businesses who continue to support the education of our students at Fremont Elementary.Debbie MariskanishCarson City