Month: May 2012

(May 7, 2012) -- Cummins Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tom Linebarger said this morning that despite fluctuations in the global economy, the company is holding on to its target of $30 billion in sales by 2015, reports The Republic.

(May 7, 2012) -- Tick-transmitted infections are more common these days than in past decades. With explosive increases in deer populations, extending even into semi-urban areas in the eastern and western United States, the trend is for increasing abundance and geographic spread of deer ticks and Lone Star ticks. Scientists are finding an ever-increasing list of disease-causing microbes transmitted by these ticks.

(May 7, 2012) -- Sgt. Phil Wentzel, a Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy, is accused of being part of a national ring that swapped homemade child porn. The deputy was exposed when feds busted Denver and Pittsburgh child pornographers, tracing their collections back to a Campbellsport campground, reports WISN Milwaukee.

(May 7, 2012) -- Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) Tourism Minister Robert Henderson said fees at provincial campgrounds will go up by $2 this year because of rising costs of services and staffing, reports CBC.ca.

(May 7, 2012) -- The Bemidji Pioneer reports that 59-year-old Terry Barber, of Barron, Wis., died Thursday afternoon when the 1998 Ford Windstar he was operating allegedly crossed into the opposing traffic lane and struck a 2002 Chevy RV Vision motorhome along U.S. Highway 63 in the Village of Clear Lake.

(May 7, 2012) -- The Border Mail reports that two members of the Albury Bushrangers motorhome group, at Ludlows Reserve for a weekend away, began their weekend by capsizing their boat while fishing on Lake Hume Friday.

(May 7, 2012) -- "With a rear kitchen and convertible sofa bed, this model offers everything you need to get on the road in as compact a package as possible," said Aimee Robbins, spokesperson. "The unit measures less than 8 feet wide and under 10 feet high. Adventure absolutely anywhere in a beautiful unit that will attract attention everywhere you go."

(May 7, 2012) -- The Texas Association of Campground Owners (TACO) presented its annual awards Sunday to top parks and vendors serving the campground industry. Schaeffer said the awards were given at the beginning instead of the end of the association's tradeshow in order to provide attendees with a chance to visit with the award winners and learn first hand what they did to receive the association's top honors.

(May 7, 2012) -- PaddockTalk writes that the Wood Brothers’ No. 21 Ford Fusion and their driver Trevor Bayne will carry the colors of Good Sam and Camping World for four races this season.

(May 7, 2012) -- RVers are encouraged to share their photos on the Pedata RV Center Facebook page. The current photo contest requests photos of RVers’ favorite camping locations. The winner of the contest will receive a $50 gift card to use on the Pedata RV Center website.