Stories from Friday, May 6, 2022

Amanda Pollock and Col. Bryan Eckart recently received the second annual Dr. and Mrs. Nelson Greenlund Distinguished Educator Incentive Grant. Pictured presenting the grant to Pollock and Col. Eckart are Nevada R-5 Foundation board members Jan Benbrook, Traci Cliffman, Marsha Hooper and Dr. Nelson and Susan Greenlund...

I want to tell you something. Gary Vernon Wehmeyer loved everything mechanical and enjoyed working on cars, trucks, and heavy equipment. But even more than fixing something, Gary liked to tell stories about the things he worked on, the people he worked on them with, and the trouble they got into when they thought no one was looking. He was never without an anecdote about working late into the night to get a car ready for a race or a dozer ready for another day’s work...

Virginia Anne Frazier, 79, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. Virginia was born July 9, 1942, in Nevada, to William E. and Ruth E. (Penisten) Frazier. Virginia was raised in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1960. ...

Catherine (Katy) Sweeney Hinkle passed away peacefully on Oct. 27, 2021, at her residence in Juniper Village in Austin, Texas. Catherine was born on June 27, 1929, in Ladonia, Texas, the ninth of nine children of Albert Earl and Julia Nunn Sweeney. She attended public school in Breckenridge, Texas, where the family had moved when she was three-years-old. ...