(May 2, 2012) -- Viking RV filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection last week seeking a total discharge of all its debts, RV Daily Report has learned. The decision will impact between 100 and 199 creditors, according to court documents. Total assets are less than $50,000 and total liabilities are also less than $50,000. Viking RV was one of the companies caught up in the formaldehyde class action lawsuit following Hurricane Katrina. Dozens of claims were filed against the now bankrupt manufacturer.

(May 2, 2012) -- Cabela's staff at the company's retail location in Billings, Mont., recently presented Kampgrounds of America President Pat Hittmeier with a check for $15,000 to help support the work of the 44 KOA Care Camps for children with cancer.

(May 2, 2012) -- The sale of the first production coach, the LS37IK, from Lifestyle took place at Country Camping Leisure Products in Salmon Arm, B.C., as part of its Leisure Products Spring Show and Sale in mid-April. The Lifestyle unit was sold four days after arriving at the show to John and Diane Meeuwsen, who said they were impressed by the model’s spacious floorplan and quality details and amenities.

(May 2, 2012) -- At their 14th annual meeting last week in Las Vegas, the Priority RV Dealer Network, formerly known as REDEX,  unveiled an opportunity for its dealer members to add $34 million to their bottom lines this year. The network is seeking other dealerships with annual sales between $10 and $100 million in key market areas.

(May 2, 2012) -- On Monday, Brandon Gray, of Pefferlaw, was sentenced to six years in prison for the 2010 death of Bradley Van Diepen. Diepen was found beaten at Trudeau Park in Tweed during Victoria Day weekend 2010, reports YorkRegion.com.

(May 2, 2012) -- On Tuesday, the Benton County Board of Commissioners voted 3-0 to ban smoking and smokeless tobacco products at all county-owned facilities and grounds starting Jan. 1, 2013, reports the Corvallis Gazette Times.

(May 2, 2012) -- The park model will be auctioned off during TACO’s annual auction to raise money to support the association’s government affairs program. Athens Park Homes, TACO’s preferred park model provider, is providing the unit to TACO at no cost. The association is including a $2,000 accommodations marketing package, giving the unit a $30,000 value in total, said Schaeffer.

(May 2, 2012) -- According to nebusiness.co.uk, caravan and motorhome maker The Explorer Group has recorded a £2.2m fall in profits, blaming the depressed retail market for its losses.

(May 2, 2012) -- During a reported tornado in Tilton Tuesday evening, a garage was lifted up and over two other small buildings and a few trailers before landing on some more trailers at Travel Trailer Sales & Service Inc, reports the Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette.

(May 2, 2012) -- "Dad (Robert Sampson, Sr.) lived a life full of adventure. He loved the wilderness," said Brunoforte. "We often said he was a mountain man born 100 years late. As a young man he was a hunting guide in Alaska and served in the Air Force during the Korea war. He married, moved from Denver to Flagstaff, Ariz., and was the quintessential small business entrepreneur buying and selling motels and trailer parks.