Monthly Archives: May 2012

Championship Bull Riding event to be held at Corn Palace

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Talk about it The Corn Palace is steering toward a new event this fall.Mark Schilling, director for the Corn Palace, told The Daily Republic Tuesday that there is a promoter looking at bull riding in the Corn Palace.Schilling said dates have been saved. The event can be found on the Championship Bull Riding website.“We’ve got it on the books,” Schilling said. “We’ve got the dates held if everything comes together.”The Read more [...]

MAS Modifies Rules On Marketing, Sale Of Listed & Unlisted Investment Products

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May 09, 2012 20:49 PM MAS Modifies Rules On Marketing, Sale Of Listed Unlisted Investment Products <!--By: Ramjit--> By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah SINGAPORE, May 9 (Bernama) -- The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced it will refine the prescribed list of Excluded Investment Products (EIPs) to include EIP-equivalent investment products listed on foreign exchanges, certain Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) and sub-funds of investment-linked life insurance policies Read more [...]

UFO-style Fifties winged petrol station is given Grade II listed status

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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:34 GMT, 8 May 2012 | UPDATED: 04:04 GMT, 9 May 2012 Fine architecture is not a phrase normally linked to the British petrol station.But that may have to change now that two filling stations have been granted Grade II listed status.This unusual filling station on the A1 at Markham Moor in West Drayton, Nottinghamshire, is one of them, thanks to its curved concrete roof. Space age: The winged canopy over this petrol station in Markham Moor, Nottinghamshire, Read more [...]

12 homes asking $1million plus

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The following update on local real estate information for Fullerton is based on Multiple Listing Service data as of Friday. Properties available: 190 Condominiums: 39 Houses: 151 Short Sales and REOs: 56 Average condo price: $236,225 Average house price: $650,160 Average time on the market: 85 days for condos; 62 days for houses Available properties by price range: Under $399,999: 79 $400,000 - $699,999: 52 $700,000 - $999,999: 47 $1,000,000 - $1,999,999: Read more [...]

Month of May exciting time for area seniors

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<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 12-->Month of May exciting time for area seniorsIf you follow the events listed in the “Golden Agenda” (issued by the Cumberland County Office On Aging) for the month of May (Senior Citizen Month), you can be in for a lot of very entertaining and informative events.One such event took place recently at Gias in Bridgeton with the county Senior Citizen Talent Contest.First, hats off to the directors of the Charlotte Brago Senior Center, Farifireld Township Senior Read more [...]

The listed buildings certain to fuel discussion

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Relics of the glory days of motoring were recognised yesterday when English Heritage granted listed status to two stations built in the 1960s and 1970s. The earlier, Markham Moor on the A1 in West Drayton, Nottinghamshire, swaps the standard square canopy for a sweeping parabolic wing. The second, the Mobil station on the A6 at Red Hill in Leicestershire, is formed of six overlapping parasols. The stations look as if they were transported from The Jetsons, the futuristic 1960s US animation, and Read more [...]

State Recommends FEMA Buyouts For 99 Homes

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Ninety-nine homes destroyed in last year's flooding have been approved for buyouts by the state. The approval is one step in the federal hazard mitigation program.  Now FEMA will review the applications. That process is expected to be completed next month. The FEMA hazard mitigation program allows towns to apply for the buyouts on behalf of people whose houses were destroyed.  The applications go first to the state. Ray Doherty is Vermont's hazard mitigation officer.  Doherty says 99 homes Read more [...]

Mom, daughter vintners agree to disagree

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Like mother, like daughter? Well, not quite. Given their generational differences, you might at first think Barb and Kristen Spelletich come from different planets. But, when it comes to wine, they speak the same language, albeit with different inflection, accents and attitude. To oversimplify, Barb - the mom - is a classicist. Kristen - the daughter - likes pushing drinkers' buttons. "We've always been close," says 32-year-old Kristen. "We communicate well together. She respects me, and Read more [...]

Washoe County home sales soar in April

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<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 12-->April home sales in Washoe County saw double-digit gains over the previous year, according to a report released today by the Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors.Sales of existing single-family homes rose 17 percent from April 2011, with 509 sold last month in Washoe County, but decreased 5 percent from March. Sales in March were the second highest for the Northern Nevada Regional Multiple Listing Service, according to RSAR officials.Meanwhile, the median sales Read more [...]