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...officer was sent to Gordon Track to investigate a report of a stolen motor vehicle...
...There is ALSo concern in England, where the governing Football Association is probing the ALS deaths of several former players, including Don Revie, active from the 1940s to the early '60s, and Willie Maddren, whose injury-marred career ended in 1977. Belinda Cupid, research coordinator for the Association for Motor Neurone Disease (as the illness is called in Britain), said there are some early indications that excessive athletic activity may contribute to ALS. Other potential factors: exposure to pesticides, chemicals and heavy metals. The relative scarcity of research makes drawing conclusions difficult. The latest study, unveiled last week...
...recreational gear. KIT RVs, a 58-year-old brand out of Caldwell, Idaho, changed its name in January to Extreme RVs and has outfitted its $30,000, 26-ft. toy hauler with a chrome and red-vinyl interior. Travel Supreme's new Me2, a $325,000, 41-ft. luxury motor home, includes a built-in garage with enough room to stash a stylish BMW Mini Cooper car to be used for local jaunts. (The $17,000 Mini is not included...
...Emett, 42, a 911 call-center manager in Monrovia, Calif., bought a 22-ft. slideless motor home in 2000 and a year later upgraded to a 31-footer with one slide. Then last fall he went to his dealer to buy some supplies and left with a 38-footer with two slides. "We're not trying to keep up with the Joneses," Emett says, noting that he still drives a 1989 Mercedes. "We just needed more space...
Towed trailers make up 80% of RVs sold, but the big money is still in motor homes, which account for roughly two-thirds of industry revenue. RVs are made with components from many companies--say, a chassis from Workhorse Custom Chassis, slide-out gear from Actuant and a generator from Onan, a division of Cummins. Back in 2001, RV demand fell so low that some assembly lines and entire plants had to be idled. Industry leader Winnebago of Forest City, Iowa, avoided layoffs with four-day workweeks and a short production halt late in the year. But as demand shot...