| Author To Visit Library
BENTONVILLE -- Arkansas author Kevin Brockmeier will participate in Bentonville Public Library's two book discussions Tuesday.The Arkansas Center for the Book with the Arkansas State Library selected Brockmeier's book, "The Brief History of the Dead," as part of its program called "If All Arkansas Read the Same Book."Brockmeier will join in the 6:30 p.m. teen group book discussion in the Grounds For Thought Coffee Shop and the 7 p.m. adult group discussion in the Wal-Mart Community Room.Books will be available for purchase and autographing. For more information, call 271-3192. .
Ill. R8Z as a top ST8 for vanity car PL8Z
URSOVAIN, Virginia. You too, New Hampshire, Illinois, Nevada and Montana. For the first time, a national group has surveyed states to determine which have the highest percentage of personalized, or vanity, license plates. Its finding: Virginia is the vainest of them all. .
New Hotspot For Art Galleries
Cheongdam-dong, often considered the Beverly Hills of Seoul, may just be the next hotspot for this city's art aficionados. "Cheongdam-dong is experiencing a gallery boom," said Josephin Suh, account manager for Communique, and currently in charge of art exhibitions at Maison Hermes. With its abundance of designer shops, upscale cafes and restaurants, and a new set of posh clubs, it should come as no surprise that snazzy galleries are also popping up in this ritzy neighbourhood. But what does come as a surprise, is that these are not just low-brow exhibits for the light-hearted visitor; these galleries are serious about art. "Insa-dong is no longer much of a place for art. It is more of a tourist hotspot," said Yoo Art Space curator Shin Kyung-ah.
Subdivision owners had enough of damage created by rain
After three years of complaining about runoff from a developing subdivision onto his property -- with little result -- Geoff Blanco has had enough. "Every time it rains, whether it's 8 or 2 in the morning, I have to consider whether I need to go work on the creek dams so that water doesn't enter my pond and property to wash over everything to create a brown mess," Blanco said. The developers, he says, are allowing ongoing degradation of adjacent properties and polluting a sensitive creek nearby with mud because they fail to maintain silt fences and other erosion control measures at the site. One of the developers is state Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Ogden Dunes, an attorney who's profiled herself as environmentally friendly. Tallian also acts as the attorney for the developers, Duneland Development Group.
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