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Say yes to Michigan wine country
Folk often tell me, at this time of year, that they're taking a trip to Napa Valley to "really learn about wine." That's like saying that someone needs to go to Rome to really learn how to be Catholic, or to St. Andrews to get the game of golf. People!...Tags: Alcoholic Beverages, Grapes, Italy, Wines, Trips and Vacations
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Meet the Brit who's building Beam's business
Matt Shattock is articulate, well-educated, camera-ready and known for an ability to talk to just about anybody in his charming British accent. Business associates say these qualities have helped make him an effective CEO at Beam, the Deerfield-based...
Tags: Armed Forces, Margarine, VF Corporation, Conservation, Economy, Business and Finance
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Letters: The long shadow of internment
Diane Lambdin Meyer's article on Heart Mountain tells an important story in the history of our country ["Heart Mountain Still Chilled by the Winds of Internment," March 31]. It is a story that many prefer to ignore. I compliment her and The Times. It...Tags: Netherlands, Trips and Vacations, Personal Service, Tourism and Leisure, Easter
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Danville veterans get free trip to Washington military memorials
Contributing WriterTwo Danville military veterans who served in the Korean War and World War II along with their guardians spent a day at the two monuments that depict their time of service to their country. Ancil Shepherd, who served in World War II, and his son,...Tags: Human Interest, Armed Forces, Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Arts
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Dusseldorf mustard better than Dijon
Chicago TribuneWalk the mustard aisle of any store, and "D" will stand for Dijon, a testament, perhaps, to the popularity of all those Grey Poupon commercials. But "D" also means Dusseldorf, an oft-overlooked style that has multiple culinary uses beyond garnishing a...Tags: Recipes, Butter, Onions, Dining and Drinking, Wines
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ECHOES FROM THE PAST
I'll never forget the April 2012 adventures with German fence making while visiting the popular St. Goar region along the Middle Rhine River of Germany. It's an area that depends heavily upon the tourist trade to survive. Many tourists take...
Tags: Fencing, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Sports
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Germany's Rhine River: Raging with history
Rick Steves' EuropeJostling through crowds of Germans and tourists in the Rhine River village of Bacharach, I climb to the sun deck of the ferry and grab a chair. With the last passenger barely aboard, the gangplank is dragged in and the river pulls us away. I'm captivated...Tags: Arts and Culture, Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Environmental Issues, Forests
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Culture still matters
Victor Davis HansonRUDESHEIM, Germany -- This week I am leading a military history tour on the Rhine River from Basel, Switzerland, to Amsterdam. You can learn a lot about Europe's current economic crises by just ignoring the sophisticated barrage of news analysis and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Swiss Confederation, Productivity, Culture, Victor Davis Hanson
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Verbolten is jaw-dropping
JAMES ¿CITY — A little eavesdropping confirmed what Larry Giles suspected. The new roller coaster Verbolten is a winner and should bolster tourism this year. Giles, the vice president for design and engineering at Busch Gardens, casually stood...
Tags: Science and Technology, Busch Gardens Orlando, Amusement and Theme Parks, Investments
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Veterans share memories of service at Potomac Highlands World War II Roundtable event
davem@herald-mail.comLester Hart remembers trying to take a hill in Italy in 1944 during World War II when his U.S. Army unit was hit with a mortar blast that hurled shrapnel into Hart's back and head. "It blew me out of a fox hole," said Hart, noting that he was unconscious...Tags: U.S. Army, World War II (1939-1945), Italy, Japan, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Blast From The Past
This next story takes the phrase "blast from the past" literally!
45,000 people were evacuated from the city of Koblenz, Germany after World War 2 bombs were found.
The bombs had been under water for 65 years in the Rhine River after they were dropped...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Germany, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Century-old hardware store closing
Our Town EditorA fighter pilot in the Korean War, John Cotchen returned to Johnstown anticipating a career flying commercial airliners. When his father-in-law, Joseph Krissay, asked him to help out at Moxham Hardware for awhile, he agreed. Fifty five years later, "I...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Korean War (1950-1953), Tools and Hardware, Services and Shopping
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