Month: June 2012

(June 7, 2012) -- Due to high precipitation and water levels, a number of provincial parks and recreation areas are closed until further notice due to flood risk.

(June 7, 2012) -- The decades-old Manor Mobile RV Park in Austin will soon be a thing of the past. According to resident David Sloan, the owner brokered a deal to develop the property, and every one of the trailers will have to find a new place to park by the end of the month, reports Your News Now.

(June 7, 2012) -- Campers have another option in Wisconsin this year. The campground at Governor Thompson State Park in Crivitz opened last weekend, reports the Green Bay Press Gazette.

(June 7, 2012) -- Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) today praised the Pennsylvania House for last night's vote unanimously adopting an amendment that fully restores funding for the Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund. The governor's budget proposal had called for permanent elimination of the funding.

(June 7, 2012) -- H.R. 5840 was recently introduced in the House of Representatives and seeks to require the the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins to mark the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Park Service, reports Coin Update News.

(June 7, 2012) -- Now the committee will begin work to formulate a five-year development plan for the Chinese RV industry; develop the RV industry standards; vigorously facilitate government policy to support RV industry development; promote the independent innovation and brand development as well as new technologies of environmental protection and energy conservation, RACCC reported.

(June 7, 2012) -- Initial unemployment insurance claims in the United States fell 12,000 in the week ending June 2 to reverse much of an upwardly revised 16,000 increase to 389,000 the previous week. Despite the weekly decline, however, the four-week moving average of initial claims, which better controls for weekly volatility, rose for a second consecutive week inching up to 377,750 from 376,000 the previous week.

(June 7, 2012) -- ARI Network Services, Inc., today announced that Ted C. Feierstein. Sr. has resigned from its board of directors and compensation committee. Feierstein has been a board member since January 2000.  "It was a difficult decision and I regret leaving the ARI team, but the demands of LeanTechGroup prevent me from being a fully-involved director. ARI has great upside potential," he said.

(June 7, 2012) -- Coos Bay World reports that the Douglas County Parks and Recreation Department is installing two park-model cabins that will be available by the end of the month. The county says the cabins are RVs, but area vacation rental owners say the structures are permanent and will hamper business.

(June 7, 2012) -- The Interactive Financial eXchange (IFX) Forum announced today that Bank of the West and RS2 Software Asia (Philippines), Inc. have become members – Bank of the West at the Corporate level and RS2 Software as a Small Business.