Pfc. Daniel Tingle, a 2004 graduate of Douglas High School, may be up and walking Wednesday for the first time since surgery to repair his left foot damaged Jan. 6 in a mortar attack in Baghdad.
Tingle's mother, Tina Luce, said Monday her son was in good spirits despite the pain.
He underwent surgery Friday to repair the damage as doctors work to save the 21-year-old's foot.
He is hospitalized at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in Texas.
She said Tingle was thrilled to be receiving letters and cards from home. Mail can be addressed to him at:
Pfc. Daniel Tingle
Brooke Army Medical Center
MCHE-DN-4W
3851 Roger Brooke Dr.
Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-6200
Jury selection is expected to begin Tuesday in the trial of Steven Simmons, a 27-year-old Mammoth Lakes snowboarder accused 14 months ago of robbing the Minden Bank of America branch at gunpoint.
Simmons has been in custody in Douglas County Jail on $250,000 bail since his arrest the week of Thanksgiving in 2005.
He faces charges of robbery with use of a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm with the serial number changed, altered, removed, or obliterated.
Prosecutor Mike McCormick and defense attorney Tod Young told District Judge Michael Gibbons they hope to conclude the trial Friday.
McCormick said he has 26 witnesses to call.
Sierra Crest Academy is now accepting new students for the spring semester which begins Jan. 29. Anyone looking for a change from the traditional school environment now is the time to make that move. Sierra Crest is a small school with a highly qualified staff using project-based, technology-infused, personalized learning and serving grades 7-10.
The water is back on at the Midtown Plaza as of 4 p.m. Monday. Frozen pipes forced Paradise Cafe to close since Wednesday although the staff at Nutrition Unlimited forged on. New pipes installed at the correct depth should prevent the water from freezing in the future.
A 19-year-old Gardnerville man was sentenced Monday to four years in Nevada State Prison for attempted grand theft.
District Judge Michael Gibbons told Beau Glave he must serve a minimum of 19 months before he is eligible for parole.
Glave's sentencing was preceded Monday by the filing of new charges by the district attorney's office.
Glave, whose criminal involvement began as an 8-year-old in juvenile court, was charged with battery that constitutes domestic violence, two counts of burglary, battery by a prisoner in custody, and conspiracy for allegedly planning an escape from Douglas County Jail with another prisoner.
The new charges stem from some incidents that allegedly occurred when officials believed Glave was at an in-patient substance abuse treatment program in Chico, Calif.
He reportedly walked away from the program in August, but officials there failed to notify Douglas County until December that Glave was missing.
He is in Douglas County Jail.
