Stories from Wednesday, May 5, 2004

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail On Aug. 5, Nevada voters will be asked to extend the recreation sales tax for another six years in order to fund projects like new walking and biking trails, improvements to the community center and additional baseball fields...

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Travis Neher has had a good week -- no one has tried to blow him up. Neher, normally a paramedic with the Vernon County Ambulance District, is currently serving in Iraq where he is a Navy hospital corpsman working somewhere south of Baghdad...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail With only the help of two thin L-shaped metal rods and his bare hands, Bernard Daniel claims an uncanny talent -- the ability to find unmarked grave sites that have been lost for decades. It's called grave dowsing, which is done by taking two sticks of wood or metal rods or wires and outstretching the rods over the earth...

Brian Johnson/Nevada Daily Mail Nevada police arrested a 26-year-old man Tuesday night after officers discovered evidence of a meth lab in a city residence. According to police, officers were called to 620 W. Arch to investigate a disturbance. When the officers responded, they saw items used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine. ...

Ralph Pokorny/Nevada Daily Mail Four-year-old Ethan Waltz concentrates on putting the ball Tuesday afternoon at Candle Creek Mini-Golf. Thirty-three children participated in the event, which is an extension of the city's Fun With Sports program that is being sponsored by the Nevada Elks as part of their Youth Activities Week. Waltz's grandfather, Mike Hoskins, is one of the local National Guardsmen who is being activated in June...