Month: September 2012

(Sept. 5, 2012) -- Cummins Inc.'s Jamestown Engine Plant will sponsor its sixth annual 5K run/walk on Sept. 29 to benefit the James Prendergast Library Literacy Center, writes the Jamestown Post Journal.

(Sept. 5, 2012) -- With the original hotel block selling out five months ahead of the event, The RV Industry Association has opened an additional room block at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel and Marina for the Second World RV Conference. 

(Sept. 5, 2012) -- "With growing and expanding the RV market as our key charge, we encourage you to support the 2013-2015 ‘Go the Extra Mile Program’ to expand the effort’s reach and effectiveness and to demonstrate your company’s enhanced commitment to keeping  the Go RVing message strong and prominent in the crowded media space," said Coon. 

(Sept. 5, 2012) -- On Tuesday night, the Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved allowing Lake Compounce to use a portion of its 420 acres for a campground, reports the Meriden Record-Journal.

(Sept. 5, 2012) -- “The segments focus not only on the typical parking lot cooking, but also on how an RV’s amenities like outdoor entertainment centers, and homelike comforts including your own bathroom, can add a whole new dimension to the tailgating experience,” said Ashurst. 

(Sept. 5, 2012) -- Mike Stegmann, director of the Marshall County Conservation Board, said that because of interest from people in the area, the board has been discussing adding a campground to the Green Castle Recreation Area, reports the Marshalltown Times Republican.

(Sept. 5, 2012) -- The steady performance of the RV market through the first seven months of 2012 is tracking with the year-end industry projections made by Dr. Richard Curtin in the Fall 2012 issue of RV Roadsigns, RVIA’s quarterly forecasting newsletter.  Dr. Curtin expects RV shipments to sustain moderate growth to reach 273,600 units by year end, a gain of 8.4 percent over 2011 and the highest annual total since 2007. 

(Sept. 5, 2012) -- Catherine ‘Daisy Duke’ Bach, an all-American eighties icon, will bring some Hollywood glamor to The Caravan Club lounge at this year’s Motorhome & Caravan Show in Birmingham, reports Out And About Live.

(Sept. 5, 2012) -- U.S. health officials have notified 39 other countries that their citizens who recently traveled to Yosemite National Park may be at risk for hantavirus, reports the Los Angeles Times.

(Sept. 5, 2012) -- According to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, visits to state parks increased 17 percent in the first seven months of this year compared with the same period in 2011, writes the Columbia Missourian.