THE LUCKY 13

Quinn Frenzel

Lead guitarist of Hedonism

“Running Free— more words, words, words.

By Matt Jones

Across

1. Gemini star

7. Tour guide

14. “Is Anybody Goin’ to San ___?” (1970 No. 1 country hit)

15. Like 18K or 22K, relatively 17. It’s sung in French and set in Spain

18. Fenced

19. Language spoken in The Passion of the Christ

21. Suffix with Senegal or Sudan

22. Hardware acronym

23. C8H17 radical

24. Uracil carrier

26. “___ good you let him know”

(Hamlet quote)

28. Lindsey of Pretty Little Liars

29. Alaska natives

31. Hill affirmations

32. It branches into

Ulster and Dublin accents

35. Lasso handler?

37. They come to a point near your field of vision

38. Etonic rival

39. Corrupt

40. Undisputed

44. Subject of some terraforming proposals

46. Actor Sheridan who plays Cyclops

47. Word after rap or flow

48. Tarzan actor Ron

49. Role, figuratively

51. Silence, in a way

53. Costal enclosures

56. Rabbit creator

57. Mars option

58. Decreasing figure?

59. Hohe ___ (Cologne shopping locale)

60. Devices that displayed numbers

1. Tropical beans

2. Revolting type, old-style

3. Levels

4. Director with a memeworthy Mark

5. “You Can’t Stop the Reign” rapper

6. Santoni who played Poppie on Seinfeld

7. Abbr. on bottles of beer

8. Times associated with availability

9. Those, in Toledo

10. Black listing

11. Gym instructor’s deg.

12. Musical character who sings “I swear on all my spores”

13. One of Chaucer’s Canterbury pilgrims

16. Involve

20. Some strengthtraining enthusiasts

25. “Whenever”

27. Throws a sleeper then touches the ground, essentially

29. Went for the silver, perhaps

30. Ganon, to Link

33. Family surname in current TV

34. “... the giftie ___ us”: Burns

35. Field items that follow an arc

36. Barely

37. Underground experts

41. Add new padding to

42. Mr. Belvedere co-star Bob

43. They’re real knockouts

45. Zulu warrior king

47. Toyota model rebooted in 2019

50. Forever and a day

52. Laugh line

54. “Proud Mary” band, briefly

55. Dir. from Iceland to Ireland

© 2023 Matt Jones

Find the answers in the “About” section at RenoNR.com!

Hedonism is a fairly new punk/metal band in the Reno scene that isn’t afraid to scream and throw down some heavy riffs. The band has performed at the Holland Project and at several backyard shows, and has released a few demos on Soundcloud to share their sound. For headbang metal, check out “Life,” and for moshpit punk, check out “Fuck Your Ideology.” Quinn Frenzel is the lead guitarist of Hedonism, and he is the latest to take The Lucky 13; here are his brief and to-the-point answers.

What was the first concert you attended? Silversun Pickups.

What was the first album you owned? The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd.

What bands are you listening to right now? Dystopia, Black Flag, Pantera, and Death.

What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone love, but you don’t get? Gangster rap.

What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live? Sunami.

What’s your favorite musical guilty pleasure? Sia.

What’s your favorite music venue? The Holland Project.

What’s the one song lyric you can’t get out of your head?

“The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older,” “Time,” Pink Floyd.

What band or artist changed your life? How?

Tool changed my life. Their music is different, and they showed me that no matter what kind of music you like, you can always be something great.

You have one question to ask one musician. What’s the question, and who are you asking? I would ask Dimebag Darrell how big he was.

What song would you like played at your funeral? “Cemetery Gates” by Pantera.

Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time? Vulgar Display of Power by Pantera.

What song should everyone listen to right now? “Now and Forever” by Dystopia.

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BY DAVID ROBERT

Krysta Palmer

Krysta Palmer is a Carson City native, a Douglas High School graduate—and an Olympian bronze medalist, thanks to her performance in Tokyo in 2021. Palmer won the first Olympic individual medal for a U.S. female diver since Laura Wilkinson won gold in Sydney in 2000. Krysta’s bronze medal was also the first medal for the U.S. in the individual 3-meter springboard since 1988. Starting at the age of 8, her mother drove her from Carson City to Reno five or six times a week for four hours of gymnastics practice. She transferred from gymnastics to the trampoline when she was 12, and went on to compete nationally and internationally. She started diving at the University of Nevada, Reno, when she was 20 years old. Her favorite food is breakfast burritos, and she now has one named after her at Archie’s Giant Hamburgers and Breakfast. It’s called, appropriately enough, The Olympian.

What has been your biggest inspiration and motivation for your diving career?

Actually, it’s been the injuries that I have received over the years. After each injury, I’ve really set my mind to come back stronger. I think injuries have set my path that I’ve lived, from gymnastics to diving. Those injuries have really made me stronger, both mentally and physically.

What is your latest injury?

I was training through Olympic trials and went to the Olympic games in Tokyo with a torn labrum in my hip. I took some time off after Tokyo to see if it would recover and heal up, but it didn’t, and I needed to check it out further. I wound up having surgery in 2022.

How’s it feeling now?

Oh, it feels so much better. I’m so happy that I had the surgery.

Is there anyone specific who has really helped you in your career?

Yes, Jian Li You (UNR’s diving coach, recently named Mountain West Conference diving coach of the year for the eighth time), the most amazing coach in the United States and the world! She helped me transform the skills and the talent that I had from my previous sport background. She put so much time and effort into building such a good foundation in my diving career and really just escalated my success. She has so much knowledge and expertise from her childhood training and being a professional diver herself.

What will you be doing in the coming months?

In May, I’ll be competing in West Virginia. It’s our National Championships event that is a qualification meet for the World Championships and Pan American Games in the 3-meter individual, women’s 3-meter synchronized and mixed 3-meter synchronized. Then it’s on to the Olympic trials in Tennessee in 2024, and hopefully on to the Olympics in Paris in 2024. I hope to represent my country in Paris with my family in the stands cheering me on!