Lost dog/Sept. 1

Peter Murphy's act of kindness is still paying off for his new bar, Aspen Glen Bar & Grill in Reno.

Murphy, part owner in the bar, earlier this year rescued a lost dog, and the Maltese's grateful owner placed an ad encouraging dog lovers to patronize the bar.

"People come in all the time and ask who the dog lover is," said Murphy.

The upscale sports bar is still waiting for the Gaming Control Board to approve its application for a slot license so some video slot machines can be embedded in the bar, said Murphy.

The owners have also added a few more items to the menu and extended the wine list.

And the Maltese's owner continues to frequent the bar.

"She was in right before Thanksgiving," said Murphy.

"We talked for three hours.

She's a real nice lady."

And Bogie, her dog that Murphy found one day wandering the streets near the bar?

"He's doing good, too," said Murphy.

Gostin Photography/Jan.

27 Reno photographer Ira Gostin planned an ambitious schedule of workshops for amateur photographers this year.

Too ambitious, in fact.

"We were pretty aggressive and tried to do a lot of stuff.

But we didn't put a lot of advertising into it," Gostin says.

"We tried to do too much with too little staff."

This year, the calendar of workshops offered by Gostin Photography will be scaled back and the company is looking for ways to make them more affordable to photographers whose pocketbooks have been pinched by the economy.

Gostin, busy with his own photographic work, says he learned this year to keep the workshops from consuming all his attention.