Vending Machines Grow In Bait Industry
Pittsburgh AP reports anglers can buy bait from vending machines in Pennsylvania.Night crawlers maggots and meal worms supplied by Frank Kartesz using his 200 live bait machines in Somerset County and northwestern PA. A package costs 1 dollar with 15 crawlers or 30 to 40 maggots or 70 meal worms. Amish worm pickers supply the stock earning two cents per worm. one catcher reportedly turned 12,000 worms in a night. He plans a production center as retail partners show interest.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Frank Kartesz
Kartesz
Franko
Somerset County
Meyersdale
Fourth of July Fireworks Rules Cut Power Limits
Fireworks stands pop up nationwide as the federal Consumer Products Safety Commission enforces new limits on consumer fireworks. The 50 milligram powder charge targets small firecrackers while bans and restrictions vary by state and locality. Seizures since December have been few, injuries total about 9,000 last year mostly among youths, and DC court urged clarification of the rules. Local forecasts note clear to partly cloudy skies and cool, breezy nights.
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America
Consumer Products Safety Commission
Commission
District of Columbia Appeals Court
Federal Commission
Kansas
Bennett
Highway Patrol
Col. Allen Rush
The
Kansas to launch 55 mph public relations drive
Governor Bennett announced a $20,000 campaign to promote the 55 mph speed limit citing energy and safety savings. The effort, led by the Kansas Highway Patrol, includes radio TV newspaper ads posters billboards and school and civic programs. Also notes a search end for Gene Hart the Oklahoma Girl Scout murder escapee and Kansas highway death declines under enforced limits.
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Kan
Kansas
Robert F. Bennett
Kansas Highway Patrol
Bennett
Locust Grove
Okla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Gene Leroy Hart
Hart
FBI
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Mayes County
Rush
Kansas Highway Safety Coordinating Office
State Department of Transportation
Camporee Slated Again for Ottawa Forest Park Event
Planning for a July 4 Chautauqua Days camporee in Forest Park continues. Campers may arrive July 2 morning, shop downtown, watch softball, visit Old Depot Museum, and join Ottawa Jaycees July 4 activities ending with a 9 p.m. fireworks.
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Forest Park
Mary Graham
Convention and Tourism Committee
Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Old Depot Museum
Ottawa Jaycees
Convention and Tourism
Preservation Enthusiast Shows Old Buildings Can Find New Life
Ottawa Millworks, known as the Bennett building, is reborn as Park Antiques shop. Ben Park, city commissioner and preservation advocate, converts the 62 year old structure into a country antiques showroom. He highlights restoring storefronts and Victorian architecture to keep Ottawa’s historic character.
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Don Lambert
Ottawa
Ben Park
Central Business District, Inc
Franklin County Historical Society
Park
Ottawa Millworks
Bennett
Salina
Jean
Navy
Buildex
N. Locust
Norton
South Main
Franklin County Commission
City Commission
Locust
Bennett Building
Stret
Old Depot Museum
New England
Eric Sloane
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