WINNEMUCCA — The Food Bank of Northern Nevada, the Family Stability Council's Transitional Housing Program, and the Winnemucca Community Garden collaborated with Health and Fitness Sleuth, Patricia Setzer, to offer classes on healthy nutrition for the clients of the transitional housing program. 

Classes were held at the transitional housing apartments and followed the Food Bank of Northern Nevada's Smart Shopper curriculum which educates participants about strategies for purchasing adequate, nutritious food throughout the month.   In four one-hour classes, Setzer taught about how to accurately read a Nutrition Facts label and identify unhealthy ingredients when shopping, the USDA food pyramid, and the false label language many food companies use to sell their products.  Each class ended with a healthy, homemade, delicious snack.  One class participant noted, “ I was surprised that the snacks were healthy and still tasted so good.” 

WINNEMUCCA — American Red Cross leadership was here Tuesday (January 19) to promote the streamlining of operations to a sometimes skeptical group of volunteers.  The move was necessary due to a decade of costly disasters in a bad economy. 

On hand to outline some of the changes was Pat Hofmaster, the vice president of the ARC’s West Division.  She explained the organization's financial struggles made the changes necessary to ensure the ARC’s sustainability in the future.  The changes will not affect the services provided to the community, such as disaster relief, but will change the way individual chapters do business.  For example, instead of having a paid bookkeeper in every chapter, the bookkeeping will be centralized and utilized by the surrounding five states.

The Humboldt County Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed their new board of directors.  They were sworn in by Winnemucca Mayor Di An Putnam who praised their volunteer efforts.  “You are the people who make things happen in the community,” she said. (Shown) Chamber Vice-President Bob Shaw, of Computer Tamers, Chamber Secretary Toby Kueper, of Cyanco, Kim Jones, of Karma, Robin Paul-Woolever, and Forrest Newton, of the American Red Cross.  (Not shown:  Betty Lawrence --  who will remain as chamber president).