ELKO — Local Girl Scouts who have used a house on VFW Drive as their local headquarters since 1940 are being evicted this weekend from the property by their Reno state office, which was deeded the property by the city of Elko for use by the local Scouts but now plans to rent it out to raise money.
The Elko Girl Scout House has been a part of Elko scouting since 1940. Now, local Girl Scouts may be evicted from the building.
Letter to Scouts.pdf
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Jessica Rackley, the Girl Scout leader for Elko County, has been with the group 25 years and says the girls are devastated.
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Girl Scout House Resolution
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The marker at the Elko Girl Scout House’s front door says it was built in 1940 by the Depression-era Work Projects Administration. It was leased to the Girl Scouts for $1 a year.
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Letter to Estes.pdf
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The historic Elko Girl Scout House sits on VFW Drive across from the ballfields at Elko’s Main City Park.
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The new wing of the Elko Girl Scout House was constructed in 1954 for under $8,000.
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Leader Jessica Rackley shows off one of several scrapbooks holding history of the Girl Scouts in Elko County.
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A plaque with award recipients' names is on the mantel in the new wing of the historic Elko Girl Scout House.
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Jessica Rackley stands outside the front door to the Elko Girl Scout House, which leaders in Reno are trying to lease rather than allow local Scouts to continue using.
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Keith Kohn is editor of the Elko Daily Free Press. Reach him at kkohn@elkodaily.com.
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