Nugget co-owner Mae Adams, 97, dies
Nugget co-owner Mae Adams, 97, diesBy Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com Mae Adams, 97, of Boise died Oct. 23 at her home of natural causes. Mae and Hop Adams represented the Idaho half of the Carson Nugget's ownership. The Nevada half was owned by Hop's brother Howard until his death, when it went to his nephew Alan Adams of Carson City, who is president of the Nugget. Hop Adams died in 2003 in Boise at the age of 92.Nugget Vice President Steve Neighbors was hired by Mae Adams to use her half of the holdings to benefit Carson City through the Hop and Mae Adams Trust Fund, Neighbors said.Even though the couple lived in Idaho, Neighbors said, "the Nugget was their life from the mid 1950s to the early 1990s. It was kind of their focus." Neighbors said Mae Adams had given him specific direction."Her dictate to me was to clean up and drive the Nugget and other resources. The foundation's goal is to help and give back to Carson City because she always felt they had tighter ties to Carson City than Boise,"