Month: December 2012

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- PullRite today announced the promotion of Scott Later to national sales manager. Later joined PullRite as west coast sales representative two years ago, following his 12 years as vice president of sales for Carter Distributing in Salt Lake City and Denver.

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) has finalized a new employee benefit program with AT&T to provide a 15 percent discount on qualifying personal wireless accounts. The discount program is available to ARVC members and their employees, and applies only to personal wireless service.

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- Christmas sales may have been patchy in the Australian Capital Territory, but for camping supply stores, business is booming, reports canberratimes.com.

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- Ownership of Allied Leisure Products transferred in late March to Ray Hult, owner of Prime Source Wholesale and State Trailer. His son, Mark, who works as general manager of Prime Source, played down the acquisition, noting that the two companies had worked together for years. A desire to combine two wholesale distributorships into a larger enterprise prompted the decision to merge both companies, Mark Hult said.

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- GEICO recently redesigned its popular GEICO App for iPad with a new look that brings added convenience and an enhanced visual experience, GEICO, announced today.

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- The park advisory commission for Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park is asking the National Park Service to call a time-out on merging with the much-larger Shenandoah National Park, reports the Northern Virginia Daily.

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- In Florida, a beautiful piece of property off the St. Johns River that’s also a big fishing spot belongs to the Lemon Bluff recreational vehicle park, but WOGX reports Volusia County is going to purchase it and remove the RV park.

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- The K9000 dog wash system is a self-serve dog wash that lets pet owners clean their pooches quickly, and without messing up their own campsite. The device works very similar to a coin-operated, self-serve car wash. Any dog, any size can be fully washed and conditioned in as little as 10 to 15 minutes, said Sherman.

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- An influx of campers at Mallard Point Campground in Decatur, Ala. is generating additional cash for the public recreation complex, which has struggled over its 40-plus-year life to operate as a self-sustaining, municipally managed enterprise, reports The Decatur Daily.

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- The proclamations keep piling up for Andy Zilke, who is retiring after nearly 40 years with the California State Parks Department, the last13 years as superintendent of the Oceano Dunes District, the Times Press Recorder reports.