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June 11th, 2007 - Category: Real Estate, TravelStudents seek stories about National Road
Students at Ball State University are searching for stories from people who live and travel along the National Road to include in a TV documentary about the highway.
The National Road — now known as U.S. 40 — was commissioned in 1806 by President Jefferson as the first federally funded highway. The road, which runs from Maryland into Illinois, passes through Columbus.
The film is to be finished in early 2009. Some of the material is to be used for a Web site, touch-screen kiosks and educational shows.
To offer a story, call Nancy Carlson, chairwoman of Ball State’s telecommunications department, at 765-285-1489
or send e-mail to ncarlson@
bsu.edu.
Huck Finn House opens in Hannibal, Mo.
The Huck Finn House — home of the person upon whom Mark Twain’s famed character was based — has opened in Hannibal, Mo.
Huckleberry Finn was patterned after Tom Blankenship, the son of a drunkard who lived in a ramshackle house near the Mississippi River.
The Huck Finn House is immediately behind the home where Twain — aka Samuel Clemens — grew up. The house sits on the site where the Blankenship family lived.
It is a re-creation of the original house, which was demolished in 1911.
Garden to educate visitors about fight to free slaves
The U.S. National Slavery Museum won’t open until late next year in Fredericksburg, Va., but an adjacent garden signifying the struggle of slaves to
be free will accept visitors beginning June 21.
The Spirit of Freedom Exhibit Garden has nine educational displays about abolitionists, runaways and acts of bravery on the road to freedom.
The garden also features wood carvings from western Africa, where many of the slaves were from.
The slavery museum will include more than 5,000 relics of slavery and a full-scale replica of a Portuguese slave ship.
Reminder: All firearms Illegal in carry-on luggage
Having small firearms in carry-on luggage is a common oversight among air travelers — and could be a costly mistake.
Usually, the person inadvertently carrying a gun has a concealed-weapons permit, said Federal Security Director Jerry Henderson, and the matter is handled administratively, although there could be civil fines of up to $10,000 and criminal charges.
Regulations permit transporting firearms in checked baggage, but not in carry-on, with limited exceptions for law-enforcement officers. Checked firearms must be unloaded, in a locked hard-sided container, and must be declared at check-in.
Quake-damaged palace to be restored in Hawaii
The money is lined up, the restoration plan is complete and Hulihee Palace officials in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, hope that work can begin this summer to repair damage from the Oct. 15 earthquakes.
The restoration of the state and national historic landmark, on Kailua Bay on the Big Island, probably will take a year, but parts of the palace — built in 1838, partially of lava rock — will remain open to visitors.
For more information, visit www.huliheepalace.org.
‘Maxim’ magazine to build two resorts in Dominican
Maxim, the male-lifestyle magazine known for scantily clad cover girls, is lending its name to two new resorts in the Dominican Republic.
The Maxim Bungalows — representing an investment of $100 million — will include a 108-bungalow resort in Cofresi Beach, near the northern city of Puerto Plata, scheduled to open in October; and a 240-room resort in Juan Dolio, near the capital of Santo Domingo, to open in early 2008.
information from : www.dispatch.com
