Stories from Wednesday, December 23, 2015

This Friday is Christmas, and despite my best efforts to keep my dates and times straight, the long holiday weekend is going to make my calendar a confusing mess! If you are like me, your life is built around somewhat of a schedule. We organize our days, weeks, and months, into orderly segments. My calendar settles into a comfortable and repetitive routine. If and when it changes, due to the upheavals such as what the upcoming holidays present, I begin to loose perspective...

These months some things can seem very important to you. The weather is getting colder. Are we ready for the cold weather? Taxes will be due before long. Do we have enough for that? I don't have something new to wear to a party? What will others wear? But right now, primary in everyone's mind is Christmas. Are you ready for Christmas is almost sung in the Christmas songs?...

Mary Adeline Underwood, 86, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. Mary was born Dec. 9, 1929, in Nevada, to Clarence and Marie (Ritchey) Peacock. She was united in marriage to Russell Neal Underwood on April 23, 1944. They celebrated 50 years together before Neal preceded her in death on Oct. 27, 1994...

Nevada Daily Mail An engineer from Bartlett and West spoke to the Walker Board of Aldermen about improving the water system in the city of Walker. Michael Logston, of Bartlett and West, an engineering and technology solutions company, went over the most recent draft of his document, "Engineering report of Water System Improvement."...

By Matthew Resnick Nevada Daily Mail During its Dec. 17, monthly board meeting the Vernon County Ambulance District confirmed it was still awaiting the results of an audit conducted by the district's accounting firm, DSWA, led by B.G. Wolfe C.P.A. In late October the accounting firm started an immediate review of the district's financial status...

Matthew Sommer is turning heads with his play on the basketball court. The junior point guard has helped lead the Nevada Tigers to a 6-2 overall record while also winning four out of five West Central Conference games. The six wins have already nearly matched Nevada's win total from a season ago...