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History, health and Wild Nevada talks highlight Carson City Senior Center events this month – Carson Now
November not only means much cooler weather but also signals that the holiday season is around the corner. This month’s Carson City Senior Center activity lineup includes Veterans Day, history, health, planning and outdoor talks, a Meals on Wheels fundraiser and more. Check out below what’s happening this November at the Carson City Senior Center.
A Veterans Day Talk with Ken Beaton
Join author Ken Beaton on Tuesday, Nov. 4, for a Veterans Day talk about his book, which preserves WWII veterans’ stories. Beaton, a local teacher, veteran’s advocate, and author, will discuss the book’s journey from concept to publication and is available to answer questions, including about his new WWII romance book. The event is on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 11 a.m. at the Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Drive, Zephyr Room (west end). Free event, RSVP not required – just show up. For more information, call (775) 883-0703.
Living History: CCC Horizons Broadened…Hope Regained
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided jobs for millions of young men during the Great Depression and was one of the most successful New Deal programs. The CCC planted billions of trees and built infrastructure for parks nationwide, leaving a lasting environmental legacy. Join local historians David & Gayle Woodruff on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 1:30 p.m. at the Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Drive, Nevada Room (west end). RSVP not required – just show up. For more information, call (775) 883-0703.
Staying Sharp: Strategies for Maintaining Brain Health
Discover lifestyle and mental habits that help protect memory and cognition as we age, offered on Friday, Nov. 7, at 10:30 a.m. at the Carson City Senior Center at 911 Beverly Drive, Joshua Room (east end). The free workshop is brought to you by Comprehensive Home Health Solutions. RSVP not required – just show up. For more information, call (775) 883-0703.
An Encore Talk with Wild Nevada’s Chris Orr
Chris Orr is PBS Reno’s Senior Producer and host of the travel-adventure series Wild Nevada which has been broadcast for more than 20 years. The award-earning Wild Nevada series features Orr taking road trips and having outdoor adventures all around the Silver State. Wild Nevada is featured on more than 200 PBS members station across the country. Free event. RSVP is not necessary. This free talk is on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 1:30 p.m. at the Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Drive, Nevada Room (west end). This Event Only – New Time (1:30pm) and Bigger Room (Nevada). RSVP not required — just show up. For more information, call (775) 883-0703.
Jewelry Sale to Benefit Meals on Wheels
The Carson City Senior Center will have its annual Jewelry Sale on Thursday, Nov. 6 and Friday, Nov. 7, from 9 to 2 p.m. Brand-new and gently used jewelry, handbags, wallets, pocket watches, belt buckles, and more will be on sale. All proceeds benefit Meals on Wheels Carson City. The event will take place in the main lobby of the Carson City Senior Center, located at 911 Beverly Drive. Call the Senior Center for more information (775) 883-0703.
Estate Planning Workshop Returns with Caren Jenkins in November
A 3-week Estate Planning Workshop covering an overview of Estate Planning, One Approach to Funding Your Trust, and Tackling Estate and Trust Administration. The workshop is offered by Caren Jenkins, a trusted attorney in Carson City with a broad reach in national estate and wealth planning on Thursday, Nov. 6, 13, 20, 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Carson City Senior Center at 911 Beverly Drive, Joshua Room (east end). Free event. RSVP at Reception.
Sunday Bingo Fundraiser for Meals on Wheels starts Nov. 9
A fundraiser for Meals on Wheels, with a progressive cash ball of $1,110 currently waiting for its next winner! Progressive jackpots and payouts of $25, $50, and $100 (game-dependent). Snack bar serving hot dogs and other goodies. All proceeds support Meals on Wheels. Bingo is played on the 2nd and 4th Sundays starting Nov. 9, doors open at 11 a.m., play starts at 1 p.m. at the Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Drive, in the Sagebrush Dining Room. RSVP is not necessary, 21 and over. Call the Senior Center for more information (775) 883-0703.
Senior Center seeking Euchre Players
We are looking for more playing to start a Euchre game at the Senior Center. Euchre is a 4-player, trick-taking card game played in fixed partnerships using a 24-card deck. Call the Senior Center for more information (775) 883-0703 to sign up.
A Bus Trip to Watch ‘The Nutcracker‘
Join us on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 10:15 a.m. for a chartered bus trip to the Pioneer Center in Reno to watch the Nutcracker performance. Admission and transportation provided by SB118 from the 84th Legislative Session. Bring money for concessions and driver tip (optional). Limited seats available. Call the Senior Center for more information (775) 883-0703 to sign up.
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Karen Budd-Falen, a top official at the Department of Interior, has financial ties to the controversial Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada — a project that the Trump administration worked to fast-track during its first term. In recent months, the administration took an equity stake in the mine and the mine’s parent company.
After an unexplained delay, Public Domain and High Country News obtained Budd-Falen’s financial disclosure earlier this month, which details her family’s extensive land holdings. Among them is Home Ranch LLC, a Nevada ranching operation valued at over $1 million. Nevada’s business search database shows a Home Ranch LLC that listed Frank Falen as the manager in February 2022. Frank Falen is also the name of Karen Budd Falen’s husband.
In November 2018, not long after Karen Budd-Falen joined the first Trump administration as a top legal official at the Interior Department, Home Ranch LLC agreed to sell water rights to Lithium Nevada Corporation, the company developing the Thacker Pass mine, for an undisclosed amount of money, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Frank Falen is listed on the document.
A Home Ranch also appears in planning documents that Lithium Nevada submitted to federal regulators during Trump’s first term. A monitoring plan for Thacker Pass, dated July 2021, notes that the company intended to use existing stock water wells owned by Home Ranch LLC to “monitor potential drawdown impacts” from its mining operations.
The water purchase agreement and other records raise questions about potential conflicts of interest. Budd-Falen was appointed in March as associate deputy secretary to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum — a position that does not require Senate confirmation. She also served as a high-ranking legal official at the Interior Department during President Trump’s first term.
It was during that earlier government stint that her official calendar lists a November 6, 2019 meeting in which Budd-Falen was scheduled to have “lunch with Lithium Nevada.”
In 2019, Lithium Nevada, a subsidiary of the Canadian mining firm Lithium Americas, was seeking speedy approval for its Thacker Pass mine in northern Nevada. In the waning days of the first Trump administration it received just that. In January 2021, the Bureau of Land Management approved the mine project, which includes some 5,700 acres of public land.
The $2.2 billion, open-pit mine project has drawn fierce opposition from area tribes and environmentalists, who argue it threatens water resources, endangered species and sacred cultural sites. Thacker Pass, known as Peehee Mu’huh to the Paiute Shoshone people, was the site of an 1865 massacre of at least 31 Paiute people.
Budd-Falen was being considered to lead the BLM during Trump’s first term, but turned down the director job when she learned that she and her husband would have to sell their interests in their family ranches to avoid conflicts of interest, she told The Fence Post in 2018.
Since returning to power, Trump and his team have again worked to move the project forward, as part of a broader push to boost critical mineral mining in the U.S. In September, the Trump administration struck a deal with Lithium Americas to take a 5% equity stake in both the Thacker Pass mine and the company, in exchange for the release of loan money from the Department of Energy.
Budd-Falen has largely worked behind the scenes at the Interior Department. Little is known about what issues she has focused on since returning to the sprawling agency. Notably, Interior officials have yet to release her ethics agreement, which would detail any companies or projects that are off limits.
“Did she have any oversight of the environmental review process regarding Thacker Pass? It is a big question,” said Kyle Roerink, executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, a water conservation group in Nevada. “If she didn’t recuse herself, it would fly in the face of the impartial decisionmaking that Americans expect from government officials.”
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SPARKS, Nev. (BRAIN) — Bicycle Technologies International relocated its warehouse and service operations to a new distribution center with a footprint 50% larger than its previous location about a half mile away.
The facility increases BTI’s inventory capacity, and accelerates order fulfillment for its dealer network. It also expands BTI’s suspension service workspace. All the daily cutoff times will remain unchanged for shops, and the facility is fully operational and shipping packages.
“Our new Sparks distribution center represents a major investment in the future of our company and in the success of our retailer partners,” said Preston Martin, BTI co-founder. “The expanded footprint is timely given that BTI will be introducing more top brands in 2026.”
The company is headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and continues to ship from there as well.
BTI said more stock at the new facility means fewer split shipments from multiple locations, reducing the average carbon footprint per order.
Supplementing the building’s skylights and office windows, BTI upgraded all lighting to LEDs with occupancy sensors that save energy by turning off lights in vacant areas. The Sparks’ staff can utilize BTI’s Green Machine benefit that pays employees cash to ride, walk, or take public transit to work.
BTI’s new address is 740 E Glendale Ave., Sparks, Nevada, 89431.
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