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Courtesy photo -- The Redneck Rodeo Truck Show kicks off Country Crossroads weekend at John Ascuaga's Nugget with prizes being handed out for dirtiest truck, and many others, Friday evening.
Victorian Square goes backwoods
Redneck Rodeo Truck Show kicks off Country Crossroads in Sparks
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Rugelio Uriante Murillo hoists the keys to his Ford Explorer following the Read for the Ride program drawing at Sparks High School Thursday afternoon.
Long-time tradition brings vehicular rewards
Sparks High students embrace positive effects of reading
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‘A manageable deficit’
City budget finalized Tuesday, City Manager reacts
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Regional Transportation Commission Project Manager Garth Oksol stands before a 300-ton steel rebar cage Wednesday morning at the Sparks site of the SouthEast Connector near Greg Street and Sparks Boulevard. The project is in the middle of Phase I which constructs the Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Truckee River.
SouthEast Connector progresses
RTC prepares Phase II for permit, continues its design
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Courtesy photo -- Dr. Jorge Perez (right) speaks with a patient during a recent visit at an SNCC location.
Sierra Nevada Cancer Center helps patients, opens Sparks loc...
Dr. Jorge Perez helped establish the Sierra Nevada Cancer Center (SNCC) in 2002 in order to provide patients with advanced cancer treatment that is private, convenient and close to home. With four locations serving northern Nevadans — and soon to be a fifth in South Lake Tahoe — the SNCC cuts down on the number of patients needing to travel to the Bay Area or large hospitals for treatment. The SNCC began in Carson City but now has treatment...
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Spanish Springs High School senior Tim Syfers
A little help from my teachers
Spanish Springs High senior battles credit recovery, on track to graduate
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela - After eight years of retirement, Sparks resident Denny Jensen has given up much of his free time to purchase the local Molly Maid franchise.
Back in the Business Saddle
Rail City Profile - Denny Jensen : After nearly a decade of retirement, Sparks resident fights off boredom by becoming a small business owner
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Sparks Mayor Geno Martini speaks during a news conference at Lincoln Park Elementary School in Sparks as Charles Schwab Bank Senior Vice President Kenton Thompson and State Treasurer Kate Marshall display a $20,000 check for the Nevada College Kick Start Program.
Year One Initiative
College Kick Start program funds kindergarteners beginning in fall
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Mike Rogers, left, and Kelly Nicolai display an aged photo taken of the park's opening in 1989. Rogers and Nicolai combine for 17 years working at the park all of them under General Manager Scott Carothers who has been there since its inception.
25 years and counting
Wild Island preps for weekend opening of 25th year in Sparks
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Reed High School junior Max Poore
Leading from the back
Reed High junior transforms himself as leader
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Tribune file photo -- The sixth annual Nevada Humane Society Walk for Animals sees hundreds of people flock to the Sparks Marina for a day of fun and fundraising for local homeless pets.
Animal lovers flock to marina
6th annual Walk for Animals benefits Nevada Humane Society
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Angelo Ferro, left, saved the life of his friend DJ Miller when he began choking in the lunchroom Wednesday afternoon at Sparks Middle School. The two boys said the experience will likely make them much better friends.
Everybody's Hero
Sparks Middle School student saves life of fellow classmate while choking
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Tribune file photo -- The new fence at Reed High School has had seen and unforeseen benefits this school year.
Fringe Benefits
New fence, uniform policy proving valuable at Reed
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Courtesy photo -- Alice Maxwell Elementary School students attended Great Basin Outdoor School in May enabling them to catch and study organisms located in the Lake Tahoe area.
‘Remember it forever’
Sparks students attend 4-day outdoor camp at Lake Tahoe
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Darren Alley, a freshman at Sparks High School, has excelled at the school's Microsoft IT Signature Academy earning eight certifications from the software company.
‘Dedicated and motivated’
Sparks High freshman exceeding expectations of Microsoft Academy
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Sparks City Manager Shaun Carey speaks during his post-induction speech at the Sparks High School Hall of Fame ceremony Monday afternoon.
All smiles in the Hall of Fame
Sparks High alumni join current students for Hall of Fame induction
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Homeless shelters, emergency repair among grant-funded projects
The Sparks City Council Monday approved more than $500,000 in grant funding for community development. That money will be combined with funds from prior years totaling more than $1 million.
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela — Clockwise from top left, Sparks residents and Northern Nevada Regional Math Club members Dylan Hildebrand, Sarah Griffin, Christopher Griffin and Conor Burchett are busy preparing for the national finals of the American Regions Mathematics League in Las Vegas.
World Series of Math
Sparks-area students gearing up to compete in nationwide math contest
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Jesus Saldana, left, and Nathaniel Erickson search through Ford Focus schematics Thursday morning during the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition at John Ascuaga's Nugget.
‘As big as it gets’
Reed High seniors compete in Student Auto Skills state finals
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Tribune photo by Garrett Valenzuela -- Melissa Taveira is a teacher at Shaw Middle School and helps with athletics at Spanish Springs High School and claims she "bleeds purple" although she is a Reed High School alum.
Shaw teacher stays in touch with students, helps out at SSHS
Sometimes the press box during Spanish Springs soccer games feels a little like Fight Club. Not because grown men are violently smashing each other in the face, but from time to time, I’m sworn to secrecy. It’s not because the conversations that I overhear are inappropriate or could get anyone in trouble. Sometimes the topic of conversations is just ridiculous and the other people in the press box like to poke fun in my direction. Leading t...
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