Tinder Box Reno

Long Dry Spell Increases Fire Danger

Things have been so dry for so long (no measurable rain at the Reno airport for almost 2 months), little known hazards are becoming real fire dangers. Even a gardener's favorite. As Ed Smith from the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Office told us, "Depending on which one you're using, mulch could be very dangerous right now." Mulch allows plants to use less water, which is huge in northern Nevada. But as we get further into the dry heat of late summer, mulch burns…and fast. When you think about it, it's the same kind of stuff you start a camp fire with...twigs and some dried out wood. That's basically what mulch is, and it's more flammable than ever. Ed showed us one very popular type of much. Called "gorilla hair," it's shredded western cedar wood. With so many types available, Ed and his crew at Cooperative Extension conducted a dramatic test. In a lab, they fire-tested 8 different mulches, from the "gorilla hair" to Tahoe chips to pine needles…even shredded tires. "We wanted to look at how easy the mulches were to ignite, how fast they would burn, and how hot they would burn.

Illusione – Dion Giolito Interview

Dion giolito’s first published interview that was featured in the Winter 2008 issue of Cigar Press Magazine.

CP – How did you first get into cigars?

Dion G – I remember my first cigar, rum soaked Crooks.  I would go into 7Eleven when I was 14 and buy those rum soaked Crooks.  For some reason I really dug them.  That’s really when I got into cigars.  After that I went to college and a couple of my teachers smoked.  I Majored in Music education, but before that I was theory and composition, I wanted to be a  film score composer.

CP – Specifically music for movies?

Dion G- Yeah, I wanted to be the next John Williams.  I was really into it.  They had a degree in Oklahoma for it.  I got a full ride for playing music, the saxophone. I also played the drums but, it was more of an outlet for me.  A lot of the stuff I played at school I didn’t like.  So I played drums mostly in Punk rock bands, even in high-school. After a couple of years being in Oklahoma, I wanted to get back to Nevada.

CP – Are you from Nevada originally?

Dion G – Yeah, I grew up in Las Vegas.  However I didn’t want to go to UNLV.  I grew up in Vegas my whole life and didn’t like what they had to offer so, I took an offer in Oklahoma. After a couple of years, I looked into University of Nevada and they said they would give me the same scholarship, the same amount of money but they didn’t have a theory composition degree, so I had to enroll in their college of education for teachers.  Senior year I started student teaching.  I was teaching middle school math, history, and I couldn’t stand it, I hated it.

CP – And cigars were a hobby this whole time?

Dion G – Not necessarily a hobby.  Actually all through college I had a part time job at the Tinder Box here in Reno.  In 1988 is when I made the transfer from Oklahoma to Reno.  Right around ‘89 or ‘90 I got a part time job.  It was a great part time job with flexible hours, perfect while I was finishing school.  That’s really what got me into the culture, before the online forums or any of that.  Before that I worked part time at a CD store that mostly sold Classical music.  Tinder Box is still around here in Reno, they are actually one of the oldest in the US.  Very old school, steins, trolls, knickknacks, things like that.  I worked there for almost 12 years.  It flew by.  I wound up dropping out of school with about 17 credits left.  I just hated teaching.

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