Month: September 2013

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- “We are not only launching a new website built to modern standards, we’re focused well ahead, keeping up on patterns in search engine technology and where the market goes to glean information, and how they get there,” said Fought.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- In cooperation with the Toronto Police Service, Aviva Canada is releasing details of a recent insurance scam that has left individuals without auto insurance coverage and cost them hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of dollars.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- Punching isn’t a common defense against a bear, writes the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, but it seems to have worked for a Fairbanks couple awakened by a grizzly at the Sourdough Creek Campground on Labor Day.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- Bank of the West has been named Best Private Bank in the Western United States by World Finance. The recognition was a result of a nomination process by the readers of World Finance and review by the magazine's awards selection panel.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- Dometic has opened up its Elkhart factory to visiting RV dealers for a special tour of the facility and an opportunity to see all the Dometic brands and models in one place. The tour starts in a display area that shows the wide variety of Dometic products found in virtually every RV from refrigerators to toilets to windows, to cooktops and ovens and even some aftermarket products as well.

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- "Ordering has been good and the dealers are optimistic," said Baer. "Dealers have been anticipating this show for months and have sold down their inventory. They are here looking for opportunities to buy replacement inventory."

(Sept. 18, 2013) -- The company has introduced several new units at the show, including a hard-side A-frame travel trailer in the Comet Series. In fact, the entire line has been revamped, Brent Froman, national sales manager, told RV Daily Report.

(Sept. 17, 2013) -- The party has started in Elkhart on a beautiful day for an outdoor RV trade show in Elkhart, and thousands of dealers have arrived in the area to check out new products and place orders for their winter and spring inventory. The displays remain open Wednesday and Thursday, with special activities planned Wednesday.

(Sept. 17, 2013) -- Nine years ago, Dean Smith opened Texas Station RV Park and Storage in Gatesville. He started with six hookups and 20 RV storage spaces on five acres. They filled quickly, so Smith started adding more, writes the Killeen Daily Herald.

(Sept. 17, 2013) -- The Sun-Sentinel reports that 49-year-old Steven Grova, of Coral Springs, has been accused of setting his recreational vehicle on fire and filing a fraudulent insurance claim.