resources available for teaching the founding layout. There is one marker already in place, principles. Some said it was not appropriate commemorating World War II, but its small for a Koch-connected group to write public site did not fundamentally alter the neat, school course materials, and none knew that uncluttered look of the property. One local the state had hired the institute to develop a cultural leader worries about the reading curriculum.” FFI has used some of the Bill display’s “detrimental effect on the historic of Rights Institute’s materials in its sales setting.” pitches for the reading display project. None of these matters were dealt with A question raised by the display planned at the Oct. 9 county commission meeting by Foundation Forward is whether where the facility was approved, nor did other political organizations county staffers raise them. who approach the county will In the 1950s, to publicize now have a precedent the his second filming of The “We’re in the Ten Commandments, movie commission should follow. beginning of what director Cecil B. DeMille In addition, it raises could be a massive started an effort to install the issue of whether the granite TC monuments county wants to be in reeducation of our across the country. Eagles the position of identifyfounding principles.” Lodges helped push the ing itself with political project. Two such markers groups, which members of Ron Lewis were installed in this valley, this commission have done Foundation Forward, Inc. both on public property. One in the past. One commiswas across the street from the sioner—Jeanne Herman—has Washoe courthouse, on the section donated tax dollars to a conservaof Powning Park south of Court Street. It tive political group and the full commislater became the site for the Squaw Valley sion donated $5,000 in tax dollars to the Olympics headquarters in Reno when it was same group—the Nevada Lands Council, the host city and is now filled with several which agitates for public lands to be turned war memorials. The other TC marker was in over to state government (“Taxing issue,” Burgess Park at the corner of Pyramid and RN&R, Jun 9, 2016). Greenbrae in Sparks. Both were eventually There is also the issue of whether the removed from public property, as were FFI courthouse array is suitable for the others around the nation. Ω currently rather simple and tidy courthouse
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At the military recruiting offices on Moana Lane, Marine recruits did calisthenics in the parking lot. An office spokesperson said this is done after recruits have signed up but before they’ve actually joined the service. PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS
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