Stories from Thursday, May 31, 2007

Bombs away! Nevada Aquatic Center opened for the season this past Memorial weekend. Above, Taylor Robinson and Ethan Jarvis perform synchronized 180 degree flips off of the diving boards Tuesday afternoon while the sun was shining bright. On Memorial Day, Monday, the pool was packed and the water was nice and cool; an excellent start to summer 2007. ...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Do you use Postlethwaite Park on South Washington Street or Leonard A. Hester Park on West Atlantic Street ? The Nevada Parks Board would like to know if you do. The answers to that question will help determine the future of these parks...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail It's rodeo time again at the Vernon County Fairgrounds and Wayne Barnes is ready for it. Barnes is the head honcho at Barnes and Sons Rodeo Company from Tahlequah, Okla., the company responsible for putting on the rodeo. The rodeo will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings starting at 8 p.m...

By Crystal D. Hancock Nevada Daily Mail Teressa Hagerman, a native from Bronaugh, recently made her mark in history in Africa when she became the first woman to shoot an elephant with a bow. She was hunting with Dudley Rogers of Tshabezi Safaris in the Sanyati River area of the north central area of Zimbabwe when she shot her elephant. ...

Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- As the Memorial Day weekend passed, motorists faced nearly daily record setting prices. Although since Monday there has been a slight decrease in the price at the pump, Missouri motorists filling their tanks are confronted by retail prices that have moved well above $3 per gallon. ...

Marvin Wayne Shumate, 57, formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away on April 27, 2007, at Tulane Hospital, New Orleans, La. He was born Aug. 31, 1949, in Kansas City, Mo., to Lawrence Dale Shumate and Norma Jean Sisney Shumate. Marvin grew up in Modesto, Calif., and graduated from Modesto High School. ...

Summer and Justin Fogle, Nevada, and Dakotah are proud to announce the birth of their son, Cherokee James Fogle. Cherokee was born at 10:30 p.m., May 10, 2007, at home. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches. Paternal grandparents are Linda and Doug Fogle, West Plains, Mo...

My birthday, our anniversary, Mother's Day and Father's Day all come very close together so May and June are almost like Christmas for us. In fact they are better, gift-wise, since the gifts are coming in instead of going out. However we have reached the age where we don't really NEED anything and don't have room for very much more, so our family members try to be creative in their gifts to us and combine several of the events into one gift. We appreciate that very much...

The start to another season of Griffons baseball is approaching and I, for one, am having trouble getting too excited. I am not sure if my lack of enthusiasm is just hangover from the team's worst regular season ever in 2006, or if it has something to do with the disappointment of local baseball recently...

Nevada Daily Mail An adult summer tennis league is being started in Nevada, and play is set to begin this Sunday. The league will meet to play every Sunday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the Nevada High School tennis courts. The cost for entry into the league is $20, which covers the entry for the entire summer...