Ackleys retire

About 100 people came into the Nevada Senior Center on Friday, Dec. 17, and gathered to say goodbye to Earl and Sylvia Ackley during a farewell luncheon held in the Ackleys' honor. Sylvia Ackley has been the Senior Center coordinator for five years and Earl has been there for six years as the coordinator for Disaster Services. Senior Center regulars, local officials and community members dropped by the center to wish them well in their retirement, though it's not really a retirement, according to Sylvia. "We're just going to do something different," said Earl. The couple plans to devote more of their time to the Springs of Life Family Worship Center in El Dorado Springs where Earl is the Pastor. Some of the many who were visiting at the center on Friday are left to right: Tom Pyle, Virginia Pyle, Earl Ackley, Lawrence Wilson, Connie Oyer and Sylvia Ackley.