The Nevada Appeal's Silver Dollars & Wooden Nickels feature recognizes positive achievements from the capital region and, when warranted, points out others that missed the mark. SILVER DOLLAR: A great big silver dollar for Carson City School District for getting a $10 million Race for the Top grant, one of only 16 in the nation to be chosen.Carson beat out both Washoe and Clark counties in the race for the grant.Winners were among 372 applications received in November. The news didn’t come too soon for the cash-strapped district which is facing a nearly $6 million cash deficit. While the federal …