LETTERS

Hospital ignored community needs

Good story, but the Saint Mary’s gym closure (RN&R, April 2023) was a cold decision by Prime Healthcare (Saint Mary’s Health’s parent company) to ignore the needs of the community.

Local news reported there were 2,600 active members at a minimum of $60 per month, which is more than $150,000 per month. They just don’t want to run a gym, even though it is/was profitable. Worst is the negative impact on the community. The number of members was increasing since the pandemic shutdown. I was a member for over 15 years and there every day. Prime Healthcare just doesn’t care.

James E. Stewart Reno

Grimm’s off base about ‘John Wick 4’

Both Bob Grimm’s review of John Wick: Chapter 4 (RN&R, April 2023) and the movie itself could have benefited from a seasoned editor.

To contradict Mr. Grimm, the first installment was the best; it was the birth of the story and the birth of the back story. Mr. Grimm waxes about shots of Paris when they have little to do with the film. The fourth installment does not include Halle Berry’s character, Sofia, who played a significant role in John Wick 3. We also never see what happens to Aurelio, played brilliantly by John Leguizamo, the only person John Wick trusts with his car, the only thing he loved more than his dead wife. It is obvious (Grimm) “phoned this one in.”

The film was Chad Stahelski’s homage to video games watched by 14-year-olds who have not felt a woman’s touch, not true fans of John Wick. My rating is 2 out of 5 stars for the film— and the review.

Jackson Morris Reno

The nation needs this Nevada lithium mine

In response to the letter about the Lithium mine at Thatcher Pass (RN&R, April 2023) and about how the Bureau of Land Management could grant permits for this: I have a hard time understanding the environmentalists’ positions as well as some of the Native Americans’ positions. That area is a very depressed part of Nevada. The mine would supply jobs for a lot of Native Americans as well as save the planet from global warming. I believe we should all protect the environment, but we don’t have to give up our standard of living to achieve it. Lithium production is a national security issue, and to have the Chinese using slave labor to mine for this rare mineral is kind of being a hypocrite to our country’s values.

Thatcher Pass is not on anyone’s vacation agenda, because it is in the middle of nowhere, and most Nevadans don’t even know where it is. I support the project to get us off fossil fuels, using American technology for the health of the planet.

Jay Fisher Reno

The Ghost Army comes alive at the Nevada Museum of Art

Thank you for the story about the Ghost Army exhibit (RN&R, April 2023). Our family went to see it (at the Nevada Museum of Art), and we were amazed at a part of history we had not heard of before. The exhibit is well done and gives you a taste of what those soldiers did to fool the Nazis, down to the inflatable tanks and the fake radio broadcasts. We highly recommend a visit.

Sally Boniface Sparks

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