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April 2012

Celebration of Life for Delores "Dee" Bowman

Dolores 'Dee' Bowman, passed away on Dec. 28, 2011. The family would like to invite friends and family to a celebration of her life on Saturday, April 21, 2012, from 2pm-4pm at the Fourth Ward Scho...

Obituary: Robert Earl Thorn

Robert 'Bob' Thorn passed away on April 10, 2012, at the age of 67 in Carson City, Nevada, after a long battle with cancer. Bob was born to Earl and Elizabeth Thorn in Seattle, WA, in February ...

Obituary: Ellen Smith

Ellen Smith died April 7, 2012 in the company of her family. Her peaceful passage was eased by their presence and the time they shared with her in her last moments, loving her. Ellen was born t...

Obituary: Carmelo Joseph Lopiccolo

Carmelo Joseph Lopiccolo of Carson City passed away peacefully on Good Friday, April 6, 2012. Born on October 15, 1925 to Vincent Lopiccolo and Mary Pulizzano Lopiccolo in San Jose California, ...

Death Notice: Spradley

Lynn Ann Spradley, 70, of Carson City, Nevada, passed away April 9, 2012. Fitzhenry's Funeral Home is caring for arrangements. 775-882-2644Copyright 2012 -. All rights reserved. This material may n...

Obituary: Carolyn Layland Williams

Carolyn Layland Williams passed away at her home in Medford, Oregon on April 12, 2012 from pancreatic cancer. She was born in Huntington Park, California in 1950 to Floyd and Pauline Taylor. In...

Nugget Project: It's about the money

There are enough nuggets buried inside the Nevada Appeal's follow-up story today on the Carson City Center Project — aka Nugget Project — to keep heads in this town spinning for a week.

Last chance to see funny musical 'Forever Plaid' in Carson City

You've got one more chance to see "Forever Plaid," a musical trip through time with a quartet of the same name. Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Brewery Arts Performance Hall in Carson City is closing night for this very musical comedy about four men who died in a car crash on their way to their first public performance as Forever Plaid.
Starring is this look back at music of the 1950s-1960s are a quartet of singers and comics — Marshall Brodeur (the sort of MC), Leoney Berg, James McDuffie and Corey B. Stockton. The show is directed by Stuart Ross. And he has done a fine job.

WNC Golf Classic

Event Date: 
Repeats every day until Tue Jun 26 2012 .
June 25, 2012 - 9:00am

14th ANNUAL WESTERN NEVADA COLLEGE GOLF CLASSIC
Monday, June 25, 2012 • 9 a.m. • Thunder Canyon

The WNC Golf Classic attracts more than 150 golfers and volunteers from our
community in support of Western Nevada College. Tournament proceeds benefit
Western Nevada College students and programs. This is your chance to help WNC
students – as well as our community – as WNC scholars meet their academic goals and give back to our community and workforce. Your participation matters, not only on behalf of the individual student, but from an economic and social perspective.

Retro ski day at Squaw

Time to find the groove and the funk, Lake Tahoe. That's right. On Saturday, April 14, Squaw Valley is hosting the resort’s annual Retro Ski Day complete with Retro Pool Party, live music on the KT Base Bar and a free Hot Doggin’ Clinic with Jonny Moseley and three-time freestyle ballet world champion Bob Howard.