Silver Dollars & wooden nickels: More silver dollars to come for Babbitt, Johnson

The Nevada Appeal's "Silver Dollar" and "Wooden Nickel" feature recognizes positive achievements from the capital region and, when warranted, points out others that missed the mark.

Silver Dollar: To Carson City Animal Control Supervisor Pat Wiggins, Officer Shadow Kelly, Nevada State Prison Caseworker Anita Habberfield and the Puppies up for Parole program, which, in a first for the city, placed an injured shelter pet in need of 24-hour bedrest in with an inmate to recuperate. It's a creative, no cost solution, and one that hopefully will soon get Bear the mastiff mix back on his feet and ready for a forever home.

Silver Dollar: To the news that Kohl's is starting its hiring process for the South Carson Street store slated to open in September. It's a very welcome piece of good news for our town.

Silver Dollar: To all the local businesses that participated in Taste of Downtown, the delicious fundraiser for Advocates to End Domestic Violence. Who knew that cream puffs followed by tacos, tamales, ribs, chicken, burgers, pie, pasta and wine was the perfect meal? Many thanks to all who participated.

Silver Dollar: To former University of Nevada basketball players Luke Babbitt and Armon Johnson. The Wolf Pack players will again be teammates in the NBA for the Portland Trail Blazers after they were drafted Thursday night. We wish Babbitt, the 16th overall pick, and Johnson, the 34th pick, best of luck at the next level. We hope the former Galena High School and Hug High School products represent Northern Nevada well and return to school to earn their degrees in the future.

Silver Dollar: Well, 183 silver dollars to be exact. That is the number of games that John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played in a marathon tennis match that Isner won, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6 and 70-68. Yes, 70-68 in the fifth set. We watched in amazement the match as the match kept going and going, extending over three days. In the end it was Isner, an American, who was able to prevail in a spectacle that will never be seen again.