Little learner

Bianca Lopez is presented with a backpack full of school supplies by Marilyn Jones, librarian at the Duncan branch of the Washoe County library while mother Francesca Lopez looks on, part of the second distribution of backpacks at the library, this one funded by state court judge Frances Doherty. The Reno Sparks NAACP has been leading an effort to keep the library open.

Bianca Lopez is presented with a backpack full of school supplies by Marilyn Jones, librarian at the Duncan branch of the Washoe County library while mother Francesca Lopez looks on, part of the second distribution of backpacks at the library, this one funded by state court judge Frances Doherty. The Reno Sparks NAACP has been leading an effort to keep the library open.

PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS