Month: December 2011

(Dec. 15, 2011) -- Out & About Live reports that London transport bosses have confirmed that motorhomers could be issued with a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN) if their motorhome does not meet qualifying emissions criteria for London's Low Emission Zone (LEZ).

(Dec. 15, 2011) -- Nearly four million American homes have been lost to foreclosure since the start of the recession. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy explains that unemployment has driven families to the southern California desert, to a place known as "Slab City."

(Dec. 15, 2011) -- The Mount Shasta Herald reports that a group of citizens, dedicated to keeping the park open, will be holding a strategy meeting at 8 p.m. tonight at the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center in Mount Shasta.

(Dec. 15, 2011) -- There are 26 parks across Kansas in the state park system, and Linda Craghead, assistant secretary of The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, encourages visitors to see every one of them because many of them are "hidden treasures," reports the Clay Center Dispatch.

(Dec. 15, 2011) -- Due to decreased visitation, some services will be reduced or ended for the winter season. For visitors interested in spending the night in the park this winter, the Watchman Campground and Zion Lodge are open year-round.

(Dec. 15, 2011) -- This week's recipe is for lemon cheese pound cake. Pam from Caldwell, Texas, submitted this week’s recipe. She said she’s been RVing since she was a child, when reunions would bring all the RVs and tents together for a large family event.

(Dec. 15, 2011) -- Sun Communities, Inc. today announced its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.63 per share for the fourth quarter of 2011. The dividend is payable Jan. 20, 2012 to shareholders of record Dec. 30, 2011.

(Dec. 15, 2011) -- Approximately 30 people attended the third town hall meeting held at the Garberville Vets Hall last Friday night to discuss issues about the local homeless and transient population and focus on solutions, reports the Redwood Times.

(Dec. 15, 2011) -- Reuters reports that investor Carl Icahn is not the only person who thinks a merger between Navistar and Oshkosh might make sense. Dan Ustian, Navistar's chief executive, thinks so too, and claims he had the idea before Icahn took 10 percent stakes in both companies.

(Dec. 15, 2011) -- A heavy hunter’s jacket and snow on the ground may have helped save 51-year-old Greg Hise's life, who was severely burned when his RV caught fire near Herman Oil in Williston on Dec. 4, reports the Williston Herald.