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April we can start having the masses download it
and use it! Sometimes, our businesses have such
a small voice in our town, I want that interface
between them and the customers to be so much
smaller. My goal is to get a billboard so when
people (hunters, travelers) get off the freeway
they can download it and see what’s going on.
And if someone has an event happening, they
could get the info to me, we’d put it on the app
and, through push notifications, we could get it
out there rather than having to go to Facebook
for everything! I’m super excited about that!”
That’s great! I know personally, I can’t wait to
download the app! Now, as I mentioned in my
intro of this blog, I was excited to talk with Marin
because, very similar to the vision of Anthony
Around Town, her business is literally about our
community and the amazing people who call it
home. Therefore, I was anxious to hear her heart,
specifically for this town. “I love Elko. Elko to
me is perfect. My family loves the outdoors. So,
when it’s nice weather, we’re out hunting, hiking,
fishing etc. I love love the “small” of our town
and the security that comes with that. But, we’re
not ridiculously small; we have great amenities.
We have everything you really need; it’s here. The
community is tight and safe and I love it. I love
the people. Everybody is just open-minded. It’s
just a super cool “cultured fun” community. We
have just enough to stay here, be here, raise our
children, have a business and have the beauty of
Nevada. Elko people are just so diverse and so
cool, from the super-educated mining engineer to
some amazing artists. Gosh, Elko is just so cool!
It’s easy to get involved, and if you get involved
the community loves you. I would never leave her.
This is our home, our forever home.”
Marin, did you read my diary? You’re speaking my
language! Elko is great! Alrighty, any last thoughts
before we close out? I think I hear another
chicken wrap calling my name. “I feel like the
community is important. I think communication
in our community is important; it helps open up
doors and opportunities especially for families.
The main purpose of the app and magazine is
bridging groups and people.”
Fantastic! Thank you so much, Marin! Be on
the lookout for a free copy of Everything Elko
the next time you’re out and about in the
community! You can stop by their website,
everythingelko.com and watch for the new app
coming this Spring!
See you around, Elko!
LINDA DUFURRENA
- 40 Years Ranching in the Nevada High Desert -
On a Basque ranch in Nevada, one might be
a sheepherder one day and a cowboy the next.
The first Basque herders who scrambled to gain
a foothold in the new world in the decades after
1900 took their wages in sheep; eventually they
were able to build the herds that allowed them to
put down roots. Basque ranchers in the post-World
War II economy expanded their sheep outfits to
include cattle, and while some outfits sold their
sheep, others have kept their herds to continue
the Basque-American family tradition.
The Dufurrena family outfit is an example of one
of those ranches. Linda Dufurrena’s collection
of photographs is a look back at nearly 40
years photographing friends and neighbors,
sheepherders and buckaroos, and their four-legged
companions on the mountains and meadows of
northwest Nevada. The images portray in the most
honest way a rugged beauty that is Nevada.
This exhibition is on view in
Halleck Bar Gallery until April 8, 2018.
LINDA DUFURRENA
Spurs & Bota Bags:
A Retrospective
1515 Idaho St. || 775-738-3418
www.EverythingElko.com \ February 2018
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