Month: October 2012

(Oct. 5, 2012) -- In addition to saving money and energy, using a clothesline reduces fabric shrinkage and wear, and laundry smells fresh when dried in the sun, according to a news release from FortisBC.

(Oct. 5, 2012) -- “It’s yet another attack on Northern Ontario. Why don’t they pick on someone else for a change,” New Democrat MPP Gilles Bisson (Timmins James Bay) told the Toronto Star.

(Oct. 5, 2012) -- The Gonzales Inquirer quotes an RV park owner who says the City of Gonzales, Texas is operating a commercial for-profit business in competition with local RV parks and is in direct violation of state and federal anti-trust and commerce law.

(Oct. 5, 2012) -- KTIV reports the presence of prehistoric artifacts is impacting plans by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to refurbish and parking lot and driveway at a state park in the Iowa Great Lakes Area.

(Oct. 5, 2012) -- In an effort to accommodate about 50 recreational vehicles that are not in compliance, the Gulfport City Council unanimously approved changing the city's RV ordinance, making the regulations less rigid, reports Patch.com.

(Oct. 5, 2012) -- It turns out that a drink of water ultimately led to the arrest of 23-year-old Michael R. Garza, a Wildwood man accused of multiple burglaries at Cover All Storage, reports the Daily Commercial.

(Oct. 5, 2012) -- Seventy-two seedlings planted by a dozen University of Washington Tacoma students Thursday were part of an unofficial memorial to Margaret Anderson, the law enforcement ranger shot and killed Jan. 1 at Mount Rainier National Park, TheNewsTribune.com reports.

(Oct. 5, 2012) -- John Gervais, the new general sales manager of Findlay RV in Las Vegas, says the restraints and challenges related to the airline business are pushing more retirees to switch to recreational vehicles, writes the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

(Oct. 5, 2012) -- Buffalo News reports the U.S. National Park Service has selected a subsidiary of Buffalo-based Delaware North Cos. to run concessions at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia under a new 10-year contract.

(Oct. 5, 2012) -- On Oct. 1, Airdrie residents came out in force to provide city council with their views about the proposed Community Standards Bylaw (CSB), specifically the RV section of it, reports the Airdrie City View.