Stories from Saturday, January 5, 2013

Karen Stanley Meinershagen, 63, passed away suddenly in the early morning hours of Jan. 1, 2013. Karen was born March 3, 1949, as the second child to Hugh Warren Stanley and Trudy Bishop Stanley, who preceded her in death, along with a brother, David Warren, and a sister, Linda Slane. She graduated from Putman City High School in Bethany, Okla., in 1967...

Mable Mowry Urner, 86, Nevada, passed away on Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at Christian Health Care and Rehab in Nevada, following an illness of several months. She was born on Dec. 19, 1926, in Nevada, to Lewis Earl Mowry and Iva Pearl Tylar Mowry. On June 27, 1948, she was united in marriage to Ivan Simmons. Following his death in 1973, she married Lewis Urner on Dec. 5, 1981...

Eric and Annie Daugherty of Nevada, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Kiona Noel Daugherty. Kiona was born at 3:50 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20 inches...

Kaitlyn Amick and Marshall Cauthon of El Dorado Springs, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Avery Lane Cauthon. Avery was born at 10:43 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and measured 19 and 1/2 inches...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail SHELDON -- Homecoming. It's always a night when any sports team wants to perform at its best. The Sheldon Panthers and Lady Panthers basketball teams got the opportunity to do just that when they celebrated Homecoming Friday night...

Nevada Daily Mail EL DORADO SPRINGS -- The Nevada Middle School seventh grade boys' basketball team got its season under way with a strong showing against El Dorado Springs Middle School in the El Dorado Springs Tournament Thursday night. Head coach Robert Miner's squad opened the tournament on a high note, defeating the hosting Bulldogs by a final score of 47-18. ...

Nevada Daily Mail BRONAUGH -- The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats of Bronaugh swept Miami-Amoret Thursday night at Bronaugh High School, winning the girls' game by a final score of 47-27 and the boys' game, 58-29. Breanna Householder and Martel Moore led Bronaugh's offense in the girls' game with 15 and 14 points, respectively. Blake Hudson led the Bronaugh boys with 24 points and was joined in double digits by Josh Willis with 13 and Patrick Hallam with 11...

New Year's Resolutions belong to the younger people. Since I am middle age plus I haven't been making that annual promise to myself. I figure that if I have made it to this age without changing my life-style, eating less, etc., or whatever a resolution might ask of me, there is no real reason to fret about it. If I had been only 70 or so, that would be different. There would have been lots of time to be a better person...

Hi neighbors. Did someone leave the door open? Wow! Talk about cold. If you know the expression "three dog night" we have had some 10 dog nights this week. I suppose that gave us more time to sit around and ponder the coming year; and to review the past year. While you're wrapped up in your blanket, sipping hot coffee in your easy chair, think back on the last twelve months. What do you remember most about 2012?...

Nevada Daily Mail The answer depends on whether you're an optimist or a pessimist. There are those who are an optimist by nature, so they tend to look at things in a more positive light. Then, there are those who are pessimists and can't see the good in anything. Their negativity overflows and takes others around them down to their level...

The role of a sheriff can be found under English Saxon Law dating back as far as 920 AD, when King Edward the Elder set forth what was known as the "reeve" to serve as a conservator of the peace in each "shire" (similar to a county). The modern term, "sheriff" originates from the Saxon, "shire reeve." The shire reeve was the earliest public official charged specifically with keeping the King's peace. ...

The wedding of Bethany Willman of Walker and Kenny Jennings of El Dorado Springs took place Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Nevada, which was decorated in the Christmas motif with red and white poinsettias. The best man was Kenny's brother, Brandon Jennings. The maid of honor was Meghan Moeller, Bethany's sister from Wisconsin...

Samantha Nichole Tumm and Ryan Janes announce their engagement and plans to marry on June 1, 2013, in a 2:30 p.m. ceremony in El Dorado Springs, Mo. Samantha is the daughter of Dennis and Sonya Tumm of Nevada. Ryan is the son of Danny and Sue Darnell of El Dorado Springs...

Nevada Daily Mail With this issue of the weekend edition, you'll notice some changes. The Nevada Daily Mail now has its own Saturday publication. You'll get the same coverage of the city and county found in our Tuesday through Friday issues, focusing on the people, events and issues concerning this part of our state...

"Housing is one of the best kept secrets in town." That's the feeling of Nevada Housing Authority Executive Director Carol Branham. The Housing Authority was organized in 1969 to house and provide rental assistance and to be "good stewards of taxpayer dollars...

The Nevada City Council will hold a special work session Tuesday at 6 p.m. to discuss the city's 2013 street construction projects, followed by the regular council meeting at 7 in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St. Tuesday's meeting moved a week later than usual because New Year's Day was the first Tuesday of the month...

Work on the new performing arts center at Nevada High School continues, with steel girders rising from the base. The arts center is being constructed on location of the parking lot on the north side of the building. In addition to the work on the performing arts center, earthwork is underway for the multi-purpose building, west of Wynn Gymnasium. ...

What inspired you to become a police officer? As a teenager, I was involved in a single car accident. A citizen heard the crash and reported the incident to the Washington State Police. After searching the area for a couple of hours, a state trooper found me with a head injury. I did not want to go to the hospital so the trooper called my parents and encouraged them to take me to the hospital. It turned out that I had a concussion and I remained in the hospital for a few days...