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...that his family has been here almost from the founding of Wichita in 1863. Searching for the right word to explain his town, Cale settles on "remote" - both in geography and in mood - then adds "circumspect." Pam Siddall understands. When she arrived last year to take charge of the local newspaper, the Alabama native asked around for a good church. She was amazed to find that Wichitans prefer not to talk about such personal matters...
...wonderfully quiet town," says local anchorman Larry Hatteberg, "that is sometimes shocked into the limelight." Donna Tucker, a local jazz singer, hears that and goes wide-eyed. "Oh, that's perfect!" she says. "Shocked into the limelight...
...Side, went on to print an estimated $10 million in fake money by outmaneuvering the government's ever-tightening security measures. Color-changing ink was replicated by automotive paint; watermarks were painstakingly sketched by hand; a close copy of the secret paper came from leftover newsprint rolls made at local mills. Williams had a successful 10-year run before he was finally caught by the U.S. Secret Service and sentenced in 2002 to three years in prison...
...Before the hazardous health effects of smoking were widely known, cigarette companies were able to advertise largely regulation-free. The first tobacco advertisement in the United States ran in 1789 when what is now the Lorillard Tobacco Company promoted their snuff in a local New York newspaper. Manufacturing and transportation constraints limited the distribution of tobacco products (at that time, mostly snuff, cigars and pipe tobacco) to local markets and largely kept companies from exploring the benefits of branding. The first strong national tobacco brand didn't emerge until near the end of the Civil War, when both Union...
...rodeo (guests can take part) and an awards ceremony at the end of your stay. The stables are partnered with the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, where you get lodging and two 60-min. spa treatments. The Sunday-through-Thursday package also includes a $100 credit at the local western outfitting store. Prices start at $3,495 per person for five nights, including meals and transportation, through Sept. 28 (excluding the weeks of July 6 and Aug. 3). 1300 Tuyuna Trail, Santa Ana Pueblo...