The Connect-ED ® service enables school administrators to record, schedule, send, and track personalized voice messages to tens of thousands of students, parents, and staff in minutes. Whether it's an assistant superintendent looking to establish a uniform, automated attendance notification system or a community college president wanting to increase registration, NTI is helping educators improve communication via streamlined, efficient, automated communication leveraging the power of the Connect-ED hosted, mass notification engine.

For additional information, contact: 

Frank Jacobs
Regional Sales Director-Connect Ed—Blackboard Connect. Inc.
Cell  818-212-0346    
Email  Frank.Jacobs@blackboardconnect.com

K¹²’s mission is to provide any child access to exceptional curriculum and tools that enable him or her to maximize his or her success in life, regardless of geographic, financial, or demographic circumstance. We are the nation’s leader in providing individualized, online learning solutions to students from kindergarten through high school. Our products are rooted in decades of educational research and specifically focused on unlocking the innate and unique potential in each child through a combination of exceptional and engaging content that makes learning come alive.

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In Nevada, Wells Fargo serves more than 400,000 consumer and business households through more than 130 banking, mortgage and financial stores. Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $622 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance through almost 6,000 stores and the internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and internationally. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the only bank in the U.S., and one of only two banks worldwide, to have the highest possible credit rating from both Moody’s Investors Service, “AAA,” and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, “AAA.”

Wells Fargo and its team members work with thousands of communities across North America to promote economic self-sufficiency, education, social services, the arts and the environment.   Since 2006, the Company has given $200 million in grants to 14,000 nonprofits, making Wells Fargo one of America’s largest corporate givers.  In 2007, Wells Fargo team members contributed 796,000 volunteer hours to improve the quality of life where they live and work.

For more about Wells Fargo’s goals and achievements in Social Responsibility: wellsfargo.com/about/csr

For information about Wells Fargo services, contact:

Patrick Foley
Vice President/Government Banking
3300 West Sahara 4th Floor
Las Vegas, NV  89102
Office 702-765-3229  Cell 702-755-1071
patrick.foley@wellsfargo.com

MetWest Energy, a NSG Company is a Nevada-based energy services and energy consulting company. MetWest Energy specializes in energy efficient design, engineering, consulting and installation of energy and water conservation projects and renewable energy projects. In addition, MetWest Energy has extensive experience conducting comprehensive facility assessments (energy audits), providing energy engineering design and consulting services, preparing technical bid specifications, administering the project bidding process, and providing project management services. MetWest Energy has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors that include: (Public) K-12 School Districts, State, County and Local government – (Private) Commercial, Industrial, Manufacturing, Hotel & Gaming and Hospitals.

For additional information, please contact:

Maupin, Cox & LeGoy was founded in 1972 by Steven T. Walther and Jon J. Key under the firm name of Walther & Key. Ernest J. Maupin joined the firm in 1973, and the name of the firm and its members have evolved since then. Mr. Walther retired from the firm January 2006 following his appointment to the Federal Election Commission. Mr. Key is retired but remains of counsel to the firm.

The firm handles complex civil disputes, including mediation, arbitration and litigation. The firm has an extensive tax practice and handles all phases of tax matters, including corporate tax, federal income tax, estate, generation-skipping transfer, and gift tax matters, and tax litigation. The firm also handles corporate, public finance, real property, health care, employment, civil rights defense, and educational law matters, including representation of institutional and governmental entities. The firm is active in the community. The members of the firm actively participate in continuing legal education programs, professional association activities, pro bono programs, and civic affairs.

To contact Maupin, Cox & LeGoy by telephone, please call 775-827-2000.

For further information, please go to http://www.mclrenolaw.com.

Lumos & Associates, Inc. (Lumos) is a regional, multidisciplinary firm that provides civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, planning, landscape architecture, transportation, water resources, surveying, GIS, environmental, materials testing, and construction administration services to clients throughout Northern Nevada and Northern California. We currently have a staff of approximately 80 with offices in Carson City, Reno, Fallon, Lake Tahoe (Stateline, NV), and Chico. The Carson City, Reno, Fallon, and Chico offices have fully equipped material testing laboratories, and all offices offer a full range of engineering services.

Lumos was established 1978 with a strong basis in municipal and public works engineering, and now lists major industrial, commercial, and residential development clientele. Our clients benefit from the experience and expertise of our Key Personnel, who have extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. Their expertise includes a thorough working knowledge of governmental processes, infrastructure design, and specialty areas associated with civil engineering, surveying, planning, environmental permitting, and construction management.

Contact:

Steve Lasco,
Carson City Marketing 
Phone: 775-883-7077
Email: slasco@lumosengineering.com
Web site: www.lumosengineering.com

Pugsley. Simpson. Coulter. Architects has provided professional services throughout the West for over 40 years. A diversified design firm, we embrace all aspects of the design process and have expertise in a broad range of architectural services and project types.  

Pugsley. Simpson. Coulter. Architects’ mission is to improve the quality of life for the owner, user, and surrounding community. Our firm pursues architecture that is rooted in place making, context, and spatial connections. The relevance of architecture to the individual is realized on many levels.  Whether it is physical, emotional, or existential the exploration of these connections leads to the development of relevant architecture. 

Pugsley. Simpson. Coulter. Architects takes pride in the exceptional organizational skills of our team and the ability to coordinate the successful completion of the most complex of projects. Our firm has established a reputation for thoughtful and responsive design thorough technical competence and conscientious service. We respect our client’s budget and scheduling needs and strive to compile the most efficient team to reach these goals.  We apply our expertise in bringing projects in on time and on budget and pride ourselves on the level of quality within the construction documents developed.

The staff at Pugsley. Simpson. Coulter. Architects have a passion for what they do and bring that passion and commitment to every project.  Without exception, the foundation of Pugsley. Simpson. Coulter. Architects’ success are the individuals—client and architect–who find significance in creating works of extraordinary quality and purpose.

Oasis Online was established in October of 1997 as an Internet Service Provider in Churchill County. By 2002, the business had grown to nationwide service and begun providing high speed access. Oasis Online continues as one of the leading Internet Providers in the area.

The association between Churchill County School District and Oasis Online began in July of 2002 when the District contracted with Oasis Online to provide High Level Network Support and Troubleshooting to the District on an hourly basis. This association developed over the years and, as changes occurred in District personnel, the Churchill County School District Board of Directors chose to outsource the Management of the District Technology Department to the Oasis Online Corporation.  In August 2004, a smooth transition in management was accomplished, and Oasis Online continues to manage Churchill County School District's technology needs.

In 2005, Oasis Online also entered into a Technology Management contract with Mineral County School District and in 2007 established a contract with Lander County School District. Oasis Online is continuing to enjoy operating in this capacity in all three school districts.  

For information about Oasis Online services, please call

Bill J. Slentz
President/CEO
375 W. Williams Avenue
Fallon, NV 89406
Phone 775-423-6277 
Website www.oasis-consulting.netl

JNA Consulting Group, LLC (“JNA”) was founded with the goal of providing unparalleled personal service and technical expertise to our clients. JNA is an independent financial advisor whose focus is providing financial advisory and consulting services to municipal governments. In addition to traditional advisory work on capital financing transactions, JNA also offers services relating to capital financing models, financing policy development, and other financial related projects. 

JNA professionals have worked with some of the most active issuers of debt in the United States. We have worked with a wide variety of issuers, from a $400,000 financing for a small rural fire district to a $452 million refunding for the County of Los Angeles to a bond bank asset sale for the State of Nevada Treasurer’s Office. Members of the firm have worked with almost every bond issuing local government in the State of Nevada, including 16 of the 17 school districts in Nevada.

For additional information, contact:

Marty Johnson
1400 Wyoming Street, Suite 3
Boulder City, Nevada  89005
Phone   702-294-5100
Fax 702-294-5145

BoardBook solves a challenge facing many school districts—how to manage the paper devoted to board meeting agenda packets.  Perhaps you’ve looked at other electronic solutions and been stymied by the special purchases required—a new server, a dedicated Internet connection, hard-to-learn software. With BoardBook, you’ll face none of that. BoardBook is an electronic agenda-preparation tool that you access through your Web browser.

For additional information, please contact:

Tim Curtis
BoardBook Services
Phone   888-587-2665 ext 6119.

Sodexo is the leading food and facilities management services company in North America and a member of Sodexo Alliance. Every day more than 120,000 Sodexho employees work to improve the quality of daily life for our clients and customers all over the U.S. and Canada. Sodexo Inc. offers innovative outsourcing solutions to more than 6,000 corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, military and remote sites throughout North America. Sodexo USA proudly serves as the official food service provider for the US Marine Corps.

For more information, please call:

Martha O'Rourke
Sodexo Operations Vice President
305 Vineyard Town Center, #185
Morgan Hill,  CA  95037
martha.orourke@sodexo.com 
Phone 408-778-1777

This Carson City business has served the community for many years with custom stamps made to order, awards for all events, wood trophies, plastic plaques, glass, custom engraving, stamps for use at home, signs, self-inking and data stamps, ribbons, pen sets, and licensed frames.  Service is friendly and efficient. According to the recent comments of one local customer published online, “Ponderosa Stamp & Engraving is THE BEST!”

For more information call:

Joe Briggs 775-882-5975.

A farmer named Harry Anderson started a little dairy farm in Las Vegas back in 1907. With luck, a small herd of 10-15 milking cows, and lots of hard work, a Las Vegas tradition was born. Today, Anderson Dairy is still dedicated to doing one thing the very best that we can: produce fresh, great tasting milk and other dairy products. We’ll continue to match that quality with the most dependable service, and a reason to trust in our name. It’s the way Harry would have wanted it to be.

Anderson Dairy, Inc. is a locally owned and operated dairy processing plant that employs over 215 full-time employees. Our product distribution is focused primarily in the southern Nevada market, with both foodservice and retail customers.

In the early eighties, public entities throughout the U.S. faced an insurance crisis. Commercial insurance carriers began excessively raising premiums for public entities, and in some cases, exited states or cancelled coverage, leaving many Nevada municipalities without adequate, affordable insurance coverage.

In response to this crisis, The Nevada Public Agency Insurance Pool (NPAIP) was formed by Nevada public entities in 1987. By pooling resources to create NPAIP, Nevada public entities discovered that they could obtain quality property casualty coverage at a reasonable cost. As an added benefit, NPAIP members also found that they could access risk management resources superior to those previously offered to smaller, rural municipalities.

NPAIP was created for the following purposes:

o   To fill a void in the traditional insurance marketplace, and offer affordable risk financing to its members.

o   To identify legislative and regulatory issues affecting public entities and to provide information to assist members in addressing such issues.

o   To act as a clearinghouse for the collection and dissemination of data and resources relating to risk management and to encourage and support new research for our members.

o   To provide meaningful and significant education and professional support for the members, governing bodies and staffs of our members.

After successfully organizing the property-casualty pool, the members organized the Public Agency Compensation Trust (PACT) in 1996 to provide Workers Compensation coverage for its membership. 

NPAIP and PACT members include counties, cities, school districts, special districts, and towns. Every Member actively manages the risks encountered as a public agency. Membership is a privilege earned by effective agencies committed to sharing resources to benefit their employees and the public they serve.

For information call:

Wayne Carlson 775-885-7475.

GlobalScholar is a company dedicated to building a bridge to change for education. Just as years of educational research has proven the unbridled power behind an empowered learner to build human capital, the years of experience at GlobalScholar has shown how to blend the art and the science of teaching in order to create one.

By offering powerful, leading edge solutions and viable transformational opportunities at all levels of the education community, Global Scholar is focused on becoming a global leader in Empowering the World to Learn. GlobalScholar has built a common platform called the Pinnacle Suite which is based on the work of Dr. Robert Marzano and grading in the classroom best practices.

For information call:

Tom Davis 858-490-0123.

In January 1949, an ambitious group known as the Reno Classroom Teachers’ Association established a financial institution to meet the banking needs of area teachers.  Each of the 10 founding members contributed $5, half of which went toward the organizing and charter fees.  Another $10 was spent to purchase a checkbook and ledger, leaving a mere $15 to lend to prospective teacher-members.

From those humble beginnings, Clearstar Financial Credit Union, originally called the Reno Teacher’s Federal Credit Union, now prides itself on a much broader membership, including persons who live, work, worship, volunteer or attend school in or businesses or other legal entities within the thirteen Northern Nevada counties that we serve.  Clearstar Financial Credit Union has also established special partnerships with a select group of businesses to provide financial benefits and education to their employees. The credit union’s original $15 grew to assets of over $141 million in 2009.

In response to economic pressures and the need to provide the best possible service to members, Clearstar Financial was acquired by United Federal Credit Union in September of 2009. The combined credit union now has assets of $1.1 billion and 95,000 members.

For more information call:

775-329-6673 or 800-283-8485.

Swendseid & Stern is a member in Sherman & Howard L.L.C. We provide counsel to in-house legal departments and to other law firms that require our distinctive expertise. Our client relationships are built on a shared vision that creates and sustains not only individuals, but also organizations with long-term commitments to their communities, their shareholders and their employees. For more information, contact Jennifer Stern 775-323-1980.

Zaner-Bloser became part of Highlights for Children, publisher of the popular children’s magazine, in 1972. Zaner-Bloser’s mission is to make a significant contribution to the education of children in Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade by publishing materials of the highest quality. Its handwriting program has been a national institution for several generations.

Today, Zaner-Bloser is one of the premier publishers of research-based reading, writing, spelling, handwriting, and vocabulary programs. Recently, Zaner-Bloser launched Voices Reading, the first multicultural, character development program embedded into a systematic, comprehensive literacy curriculum for Grades PreK-6. Based upon years of research in the fields of literacy development and child psychology, Voices Reading was designed to address both the development of literacy skills in children and the social skills that support and enhance a student’s ability to become literate. The program helps schools to integrate violence prevention themes such as conflict resolution, perspective taking, and social awareness into the literacy curriculum. Voices Reading can be used as a supplemental resource or as a core literacy program.

In addition, the company also publishes award-winning programs including Strategies for Writers, Reaching All Readers Intervention, and Professional Development in all areas of literacy, character development, and using multicultural literature. New prekindergarten resources include a special violence prevention program for preschoolers, Voices PreK, along with On the Road to Writing and Reading.

For more information, contact:

Jennifer Gotkin, Nevada Sales Consultant
800-248-2568 ext 2578 or Jennifer.Gotkin@zaner-bloser.com

NV Energy has served citizens in northern Nevada and northeastern California for over 150 years, and southern Nevada since 1906. Nevada Power, Sierra Pacific Power and Sierra Pacific Resources merged in July 1999 to create one of the fastest growing energy companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

In 2008, both subsidiaries began doing business as NV Energy signaling our commitment to serving Nevada's energy needs. Our service area covers 54,500 square miles of the fastest growing state in the U.S.

We provide electricity to 2.4 million electric citizens throughout Nevada and in northeastern California as well as a state tourist population exceeding 40 million annually.

Among the many communities we serve are Las Vegas, Reno-Sparks, Henderson, Elko and South Lake Tahoe. We also provide natural gas to more than 145,000 citizens in the Reno-Sparks area.