Stories from Wednesday, July 27, 2005

During a special session Tuesday night, the Nevada City Council threw out the entire chapter of the city code that dealt with liquor control and replaced it with a new section that will allow the city to take over the enforcement of liquor law violations that the state no longer has the money to do...

This May Fred Layher, of Walker, walked up a road in Normandy and peered into a gun emplacement overlooking Omaha Beach. It wasn't the first time he had seen that particular gun emplacement, his first experience with it was on D-Day, 1944, when it contained Germans and he had to clear it out. Layher's trip was part of a tour sponsored by the National Geographic Society...

Justin Minor and Bethany Null, Nevada, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Darelyn Desiree Minor. Darelyn was born at 5:04 p.m., on July 5, 2005, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 19.5 inches. Maternal grandparents are Yvonne Null, Nevada, and Jonnie Null, Nevada...

Jeff and Rebekah (Smith) Oller, Americus, Kan., are proud to announce the birth of their son Aiden Scott Oller. Aiden was born at 2:17 p.m., on July 14, 2005, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kan. Paternal grandparents are D. Joe and Barbara Oller, Emporia, Kan. ...

Sharon Kay Mendenhall, 48, Nevada, died Monday, July 25, 2005, at her home in Nevada following a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born Dec. 22, 1956, in Kansas City, Mo., to Harold Deloyt Hill and Eunice Almeda Wilton Hill. Sharon was born in Kansas City and raised in Joplin. ...

Elveta Hawes, 75, Nevada, died Thursday, July 21, 2005. Services were held at the Pentecostal Assembly Church on July 26, at 10:30 a.m., with Dennis Engelbrecht officiating. Musicians were Doris May, Lloyd May, Bob DeForest and Darla Engelbrecht. Musical selections were "What a Day That Will Be" and "Some Call It Heaven." Congregational hymns were "I Shall Not Be Moved" and "Somebody Loves Me." Pallbearers were Stoney Brandt, Blake Engelage, Chase Brandt, Jonas Engelage, Ruston Hawes, Daniel Bruce and Ritchie Burnett. ...