Stories from Wednesday, May 9, 2007

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Dentist Ron Schowengerdt may have more cars and trucks than anyone in Nevada. He has sedans, coupes and convertibles; pickup trucks, delivery trucks and vans; he even has semi-trailers -- all in display cases in his office. Schowengerdt likes cars, and he even has a collection of full-sized cars in various stages of repair...

Nevada Daily Mail It has become a regular occurance to see the price at the pumps jump by a few cents to a dime overnight. In Nevada, the prices creep closer and closer to $3 a gallon for regular unleaded fuel; the $3 threshold has already been topped for premium and other fuels...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Parks Board decided Tuesday night to stand pat with their recommendation to the Nevada City Council for user fees at the Nevada City-County Community Center. Several months ago, the city council asked the parks board to find out what surrounding towns were charging for the use of their community centers and to develop a usage fee structure...

Nevada Daily Mail Local firefighters are joining with State Fire Marshal Randy Cole and the Missouri Division of Fire Safety, the U.S. Fire Administration and the International Association of Arson Investigators in recognizing Arson Aware-ness Week, May 6-12...

Nevada Daily Mail No, the cub scouts of pack 117 didn't leave this earthly plain for the final frontier; however they did have a fun and educational campout. The weekend of April 21st & 22nd was the pack's annual "Family Camp". The camp is the scout's annual pack-sponsored overnight campout. ...

Elsie G. Headrick, 82, Richards, Mo., passed away Monday, May 7, 2007, at her home following a brief illness. She was born April 13, 1925, in Stotesbury, Mo., to Roy Wagner and Lucy Ann Hair Wagner. She married Walter Roy Headrick on April 13, 1944, in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death on Dec. 7, 2004...

Once again it is the season for the Farmer's Market. The first day for the market is this Saturday, May 12, beginning at 8 a.m. this is good for the community, good for the producers and great for the consumers. It is a place where local growers can market their products and a place for buyers to buy good nutritional local products...

Nevada Daily Mail The rainy, wet weather continues to pose problems to Nevada High School sports teams, as more events were effected Tuesday. The Tiger baseball team had to postpone Tuesday's Southwest Conference game with McDonald County because of a heavily saturated field from all the recent rain...