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Also on today's calendar: 2nd Annual HTPA Golf Classic and 9 more events.
And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Heidi M.!
Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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1. City of Reno to stop use of Flock Cameras, will ask City Council to consider alternative (2news.com) — Reno officials are ending their contracts for Flock license plate cameras and related technology, and will ask the City Council on Oct. 21 to consider a new vendor. City leaders and the police chief say they still support using technology for public safety, but want tools that better address community and council concerns about how these systems are used.
2. 44th Great Italian Festival takes over downtown Reno (2news.com) — Downtown Reno is packed this weekend as the 44th Great Italian Festival fills the streets with food, grape stomping, and live entertainment under the Reno Arch. Visitors and locals alike describe the Biggest Little City's hospitality as a big draw, while Italian American families say the event helps them reconnect with their heritage. The festival continues today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
3. Carson City writer releasing historical romance set in Nevada's Capital (carsonnow.org) — Reno readers can meet Nevada author Cassidy Carson at a free book talk and signing for her new historical romance, Battle Born Bride, on Sunday, Oct. 18 at Sierra Arts Foundation's Riverside Gallery on South Virginia Street. While the novel is set in 1860s Carson City, the event brings the celebration to downtown Reno, offering locals a chance to hear about Nevada's past, support regional writers, and buy early copies.
4. 4 Nevada Factory Tours Where Kids Watch Things Get Made For Next To Nothing (takingthekids.com) — Families in Reno can take kids to the Kimmie Candy Company on Edison Way for a free weekday factory tour where they watch colorful treats being made and sample candies at the end. The article also highlights other low-cost Nevada factory experiences in Henderson and Las Vegas, but emphasizes Reno's role as home to one of the few independent candy makers in the West.
5. NSF grants $4.5M for continued research on powerful lasers (mynews4.com) — Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno are part of a six-university team studying some of the world's most powerful lasers, backed by a new $4.5 million National Science Foundation grant. Their work focuses on measuring extreme light and matter, giving UNR scientists and graduate students hands-on experience with cutting-edge physics that could eventually illuminate how conditions deep inside planets and across the Milky Way behave.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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