Month: March 2012

(March 21, 2012) -- On Tuesday, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss their case against 65-year-old Elaine Kelly, co-owner of Hoot Owl Hollow Campground and RV Park in Dubuque, who was facing prison time for damaging a wetland while building the campground, reports the Omaha World-Herald.

(March 21, 2012) -- On Tuesday, the Fairmont Park Church of Christ in Midland was granted on first reading a temporary-use permit that will allow between 16 and 20 RVs to call the church's parking lot home while they visit the town for an outreach project, reports the Midland Reporter-Telegram.

(March 21, 2012) -- In July 2009, an online customer purchased a GO from SylvanSport in the United States and then freighted it to China where Wuyi TiandiMotion Apparatus Company, reverse engineered and replicated it.  The trailer is now being sold as a lower quality copy in both international and United States markets. Wuyi Tiandi Motion Apparatus Co. has gone as far as copying the SylvanSport color scheme and marketing materials such as photos and video directly from www.sylvansport.com.

(March 21, 2012) -- On Tuesday, county supervisors moved to stop squatters from monopolizing prime spots on the Rincon Parkway. But longtime campers say officials should have stopped it long before now, reports the Ventura County Star.

(March 21, 2012) -- According to a new report from nonprofit Tableland Inc., nearly half of the Somerset workers laid off by Fleetwood in Jan. 2011 have been able to find work, reports The Tribune-Democrat.

(March 21, 2012) -- WEAR reports that a plan to bring a new group of tourists to Pensacola Beach is under way. A construction project that will convert the old Tiki House Motor Lodge property into a luxury motorhome park is going on right now.

(March 21, 2012) -- Cummins Filtration has released its revolutionary Fleetguard® FF5782 fuel filter with nanotechnology-based filtration media. The first of its kind for fuel filtration, the FF5782 was developed specifically to meet the high-performance demands of Cummins QSK high-horsepower engines.

(March 21, 2012) -- The Palisades Interstate Park Commission is proposing the 50-site Shawangunk Gateway Campground. The campground has a common boundary with the property of seven other homes, and one of those property owners would like to see some things enforced, reports the Times Herald-Record.

(March 21, 2012) -- This week's recipe is for cream of asparagus soup. Linda Olson from Washougal, Wash., submitted this week’s recipe. She and her husband have traveled in their RV home for more than 17 years.

(March 21, 2012) -- By the time summer is here, Fredell expects to have a garden full of spinach, lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and herbs, which campground owner Ian Steyn hopes will inspire his guests to take an interest in organic farming, while learning more about how the campground grows its own food.