Stories from Tuesday, May 11, 2004

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Most Nevada residents know Camp Clark is a National Guard training facility on the east side of Nevada on Highway K. Many Nevada residents also know Italian and German prisoners of war were kept at the camp during World War II...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail With music from the 1950s and '60s setting the tone in the background, car enthusiasts from Iantha, Lamar, Nevada and Fort Scott -- and even farther afield -- gathered Saturday to show off their classic cars at the 11th annual Route 54 Cruiser's Car Show on Saturday in El Dorado Springs...

Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers boy's tennis team had a close match with the Neosho Wildcats Friday afternoon losing 4-5 to the Wildcats. "As a team we played better," Leon Lowe, head tennis coach said. In singles play Ryan Kimbrough and Ed Horst both won their matches 8-6 and Derek Fast won a close match with a 7-1 tie breaker, with the score tied at 8-8...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Last week the Nevada High School swim team wrapped up their second straight Southwest Conference championship with a first place in the Southwest Triangular at Carthage. Not bad for a swim team that does not have a pool to use for practice all year...

Nevada Daily Mail Jan Pendrak, a 2000 Nevada High School graduate, was recently named as a member of the All-MIAA Women's Tennis team. Pendrak, a senior at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, was picked for Honorable Mention as a fifth flight singles player and a third flight doubles player...

Nevada Daily Mail The Northeast Vernon County Knights beat the Bronaugh Wildcats twice Monday afternoon to clinch the Vernon County Conference championship. The Knights rolled to a 4-0 conference record and 11-1 overall by winning 16-6 and 15-0 in games shortened by the 10-run rule...

Nevada Daily Mail The Calvary Christian School boys track team ended their first season of competition Saturday at the CSOS Invitational in Springfield. Tyler Borders ended his season with a 38-2 throw and first place in the shot put. Results: 100-meter dash -- Tyler Borders, 14.34...