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The Official newsletter of the Reno Rodeo Association Vol. 4 No.9, April 2018 $107,550 in Checks to Local Charities Applied Behavior Technologies – $20,050 Northern Nevada RAVE Family Foundation – $30,000 Provides services for autism and other disabilities, including Provides respite to families caring for children with special needs, parent training, in home therapy, and social skills groups. while training high school students to work with these chidren. Accepted by Christine Benedetti, Clinical Director; and Tina Walsh, Accepted by Jason Termini, Board of Directors; Betsy Aguiar, Office Manager Director of Programs; and Korine Viehweg, Executive Director. Life Changing Community Outreach – $27,500 JUSTin Hope Foundation – $30,000 A non-profit organization that focuses on developing people Giving hope to individuals and families in Northern Nevada resulting in changed lives. RR is helping build a playground for affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other inner city children. neurodevelopment disorders by providing support and/or Accepted by Angelo Austria, President; Kathy Patterson, opportunities that will have a meaningful impact on the family Treasurer; Annie Munn, Secretary; Randy Munn, Director; and as a whole. Kim Guinasso, Ex-Officio Director. Accepted by Shelby Downs, Director; and Carol Reitz, Founder. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE As I sit here writing this, I see Because of you and your donations to the Special Kids' Rodeo there are less than 80 DAYS Fund, the Reno Rodeo Association is proud to announce that 'til rodeo time. Everyone is over $107,550 has been donated to the following Community moving faster around the facilities: office making sure that Justin Hope we will be ready to open RAVE the gates. The committees are gearing up, and I am Applied Behavioral Technologies surprised how everyone Life Changing Community Out Reach is excited about making Again, thank you all for the support you give to the Wildest, everything better for the Richest, Rodeo in the West – the “Reno Rodeo”. Hope to see you 2018 Reno Rodeo. We had all at the April General Election luncheon, when the 2019 Reno our First Annual Bowling Tournament with all proceeds going Rodeo Limited Edition Art will be unveiled. to the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund. There was a great turn out (21 Teams), and everyone had a great time. Bill Summy 2 2018 President 99 The Nominating /Manpower Committee has put together a ballot for the April 19th. General Election. The positions open are as follows: Second Vice President Past President Representative Sponsor Opportunities 2018 4 Directors positions We have many new and exciting opportunities for 4 Executive Committee positions sponshorships. For more information, please contact There are a lot of good candidates running for these positions. [email protected] or call 775-223-5403. Good luck to all of them. If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a I want to say thank you for all the hard work each and every sponsor, consider taking advantage of exclusive “early-bird” one of you are putting in to make this year a great one so far. offers on 2018 Sponsorships . 2ND VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER 1ST VICE PRESIDENT CRAIG DOWNIE DEBBIE SPRAGUE GREG WILLIAMS MIKE TORVINEN 2018 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BRAD SIDENER, Immediate Past President BILL JOHNSON BILL SUMMY, President MARK ELSTON, Past Presidents' Representative BOB COSE MIKE TORVINEN, 1st Vice President GEORGE COMBS, General Manager SHARON DESIMONI CRAIG DOWNIE, 2nd Vice President TROY GARDNER TERRY DONSHICK DEBBIE SPRAGUE, Secretary PAUL GORDON CARRIE ANN SATTLER. GREG "LIGHTNING" WILLIAMS, Treasurer JOSH IVESON 2018 FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR: GREG "LIGHTNING" WILLIAMS, Treasurer JIM NEIL ALEX BYBEE JUSTIN THOMSEN CRAIG DOWNIE, 2nd Vice President KEN MINER ANDREA MORENCY GENERAL MANAGER’S MESSAGE Hello one and all! I do hope As April is approaching, you know what comes next…yes, May the first quarter of your year and June, but also all the events in the eighty-four days left has been great. Here at the leading up to our 99th Reno Rodeo. The Reading Roundup will rodeo office, ours is running begin in April, as well as our President unveiling his art work along smoothly. Yes, we have and 2018 poster at the April luncheon. Several of us will begin had a personnel change plus traveling and visiting other rodeos, plus it's time to get your office remodel, but it has entries in for the golf tournament. Please see the information ended well. here in the bull sheet (page 11), and especially on the website. A few other updates to We don’t want you to miss a thing. mention: RSCVA (Reno Continuing on with my educational news this month, I Sparks Convention and have questions for you to think about. Do you know how Visitors Authority) has hired many directors we have? Do you know what makes up a management group to take over operations of the RSLEC our Executive Committee? Do you know that we have a (Reno Sparks Livestock Events Center). SMG World (Stadium Personnel Committee and a Finance Committee? Each and arena Management Group) will begin the transition in the Rodeo organization in the PRCA has their by-laws or statutes 3 next month or so, and officially will take over July 1, or before. defining their make-up for their group as a non-profit (or The current staff will have interviews; some will stay, and some some for profit). And they are all different. Some have no paid will go. SMG manages 239 facilities in 8 countries with 5000 + employees, while others have multiple paid employees. Next employees. That is according to their website. If you also look month I will give you more details about our association and there, the only equestrian facilities they manage close to ours others around the country. is Salt Lake City Equestrian Park, the Cabarrus Equine Center George Combs and the Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee Florida. Keeping General Manager you informed. LEGACY COMMITTEE Just a couple quick updates this month – The museum committee, and myself, met with Mr. Peter Barton, Administrator BUY A BRICK of the Nevada Division BE A PART OF RENO RODEO HISTORY of Museum and History. There is a possibility that Create your message to be laser engraved Mr. Barton may have space on one of the bricks that pave the pathway for us, in conjunction next to the Cotton Rosser tribute statue with a re-located Nevada Historical Society facility in front of the Reno Rodeo office. in Downtown Reno, to Choose from two sizes, 4” x 8” or 8” x 8”. house a year round museum until such time as our Reno Rodeo Museum proposed with the Legacy Project is complete. We would continue to have our display at the rodeo in NEW PRICES FOR 2018 conjunction with this temporary home. We will keep you $75 for 1 line on a 4 x 8 brick apprised. $175 for 3 lines on a 4 x 8 brick The Facility Planning group intends to contract with Jeff Frame Architecture of Reno for preparing the artistic renderings $300 for 6 lines on an 8 x 8 brick and 3-D imagery of our concept plan. The goal is to have something to show at this year’s rodeo. ORDER YOURS TODAY We will once again be reviewing our Strategic Plan in the Order forms are available 2018 FINANCE COMMITTEE near future for updates and modifications which may have at the Reno Rodeo office developed over the past couple years. CHAIR: GREG "LIGHTNING" WILLIAMS, Treasurer JIM NEIL ALEX BYBEE JUSTIN THOMSEN Clint Thiesse or at [email protected] CRAIG DOWNIE, 2nd Vice President KEN MINER ANDREA MORENCY Legacy Committee Chair FOUNDATION NEWS Reno Rodeo Foundation rodeo. Clara provided information about how the annual Donates 25 Madame financial contribution from the rodeo, and how the talent and Alexander Dolls to Renown committment of Reno Rodeo Association volunteers helps kids Children’s Hospital with extraordinary needs throughout Northern Nevada The half a million dollars Special thanks to Janelle Ordal, Reno Rodeo Association worth of new toys we RRT Assistant Chair and NV Energy employee, for all of her distributed to over 5,000 support. More presentations are being scheduled, giving the Northern Nevada children community a chance to truly understand the meaning of “Reno during the Christmas Rodeos for the Kids”. Creating awareness by working together Holidays included beautiful gives a strong voice of being one Reno Rodeo Family. Madame Alexander dolls. Clara Andriola All of the new dolls had Executive Director to be assembled and we discovered that 328 of them were missing wigs. 4 What do we do with 328 beautiful new dolls without hair? The idea was to contact organizations that serve children who are fighting an illness, including the Children’s Hospitals. Renown requested 25 dolls. A call to Dan Bybee, Reno Rodeo Association Team 355 Chair, resulted in Dan, Bob Girolamo, Mark Muñoz and his daughter, Cassidy, assembling the dolls – clothes, shoes, knitted cap, and display carrying case. Dan delivered the new dolls to Renown, and he shared how everyone’s contributions helped to get the job done. Cassidy’s leadership prevailed in making sure the dolls were correctly assembled due to the minimal doll experience of the other three on the crew. Special thanks to Judy Houseman and Trudy LaRue, friends of Sharon Smith and Linda Canavan, who knitted the special Dan Bybee, Team 355 Chair, and Cassidy Muñoz with four of the 25 dolls. caps for these new dolls. As of today these two wonderful ladies have knitted over three hundred doll caps. We’ll soon be delivering more new dolls to Ronald McDonald House and will distribute all the remaining dolls to little girls, in the hopes of bringing them comfort.