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Rotary District 5190 District Governor Club Visit
Oct 09, 2019 12:00 PM
District Governor Randy Van Tassell and his wife Chris are looking forward to visiting the Rotary Club of Sparks on October 9th. He would like to encourage our members to invite potential members, guests, and spouses to your club meeting. His goal for the club meeting is to have all our members feel prouder than ever to be Rotarians and for guests to understand more about why we are Rotarians and the value of the work of Rotary. As RI President Mark Maloney stated: “In 2019-2020, it will be our challenge to strengthen the many ways that Rotary Connects the World, building the connections that allow talented, thoughtful, and generous people to unite and take meaningful action through Rotary service. He is encouraging the Clubs to look at every aspect of the Club and be willing to and excited about doing new things and continuing the successful things they do as they Do Good in World.” As RI President Mark Maloney stated: “In 2019-2020, it will be our challenge to strengthen the many ways that Rotary Connects the World, building the connections that allow talented, thoughtful, and generous people to unite and take meaningful action through Rotary service. He is encouraging the Clubs to look at every aspect of the Club and be willing to and excited about doing new things and continuing the successful things they do as they Do Good in World.” |
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University of Nevada, Reno Athletic Director Dough Knuth
Oct 30, 2019 12:00 PM
Doug Knuth became the eighth director of athletics at UNR in April of 2013. As special assistant to the president and director of athletics, he brings more than 25 years of professional experience and achievement in athletics administration. He has guided significant achievement in the department's academic successes as well as multiple team championships. Nevada is coming off of its third straight Mountain West championship in men's basketball and is ushering in a new era with the hire of a proven winner Steve Alford. In football, the pack had its best record in the Mountain West with eight wins and a victory in the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl in 2018. The women's basketball team played in the MW Championship game and in six conference tournament games overall in two years under Coach Amanda Levens. Four-time All-American multi-sport star Nicola Ader and the re-birth of men's cross country program in 2019 have also occurred under Doug. He holds master's degrees in sports administration and facility management from Ohio University (1998) and business administration (2002). While at the University of Connecticut he was a four-year letter winner and captain on the men's tennis team. A native of Fairfield, Conn., Knuth and his wife, Marci, married in 2019 and their family shares five children. |
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Nov 06, 2019 12:00 PM
Gary Gilberg is a professional life coach, public speaker, retired contractor, furniture maker, writer and ski bum, not necessarily in that order. He volunteers at Project Mana, the local food bank, and the Tahoe Safe Alliance, where he speaks to young men in the local schools about healthy male attitudes and behaviors. At For Goodness Sake he offers spiritually based life coaching and occasionally fills in as a facilitator for Jon L. Weedn’s Monday night meditation class. He’s summited Mt. Kilimanjaro, ski mountaineered Mt. Shasta, survived the Escape from Alcatraz swim and travels the world with his wife Karyn. Gary's latest book, "Love and Prozac", was written to help break the silence and stigma of mental illness. |
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Rotary Service
Nov 27, 2019 12:00 PM
Maddie has been involved with Rotary since she was 16 years old, starting out as a RYLA participant, then RYE student to Chile. After returning from her study abroad, Maddie helped to found district 5190’s first ROTEX club for former RYE students. She is now a senior at Willamette University studying Anthropology and hopes to move towards a career in the realms of either law or public health. |
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Connecting the World through Leadership and Service!
Mar 04, 2020 12:00 PM
This contest is open to all students in grades 9-12, attending school and residing within the District 5190 boundaries. Each Area will hold individual contests before April 15th. The District level contest will be held the morning of April 25, 2020, during the district conference at the Nugget Hotel Casino in Sparks, Nevada. |