Archive for November, 2008

November 1st, 2008

Major Updates for Three TAs

Three TA locations have reopened following significant renovations.The Porter, Ind. TA (I-94, Exit 22B) has new restrooms and showers, a new game room and a renovated TV lounge. The fuel island was upgraded and truck parking expanded by 60 spaces. Porter also added 86 seats to its food court and added a Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits and a Taco Bell/Pizza Hit Express combination to the existing Subway. The Marianna, Fla. TA (I-10, Exit 142) added a 78-seat food court featuring Popeyes Chicken …

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November 1st, 2008

What a Year

By Tom O'Brien, President and CEO

Two thousand and eight will be a year that will be hard to forget. Record fuel prices, an economic downturn in the U.S., a global banking crisis, two ongoing foreign wars and a difficult hurricane season that knocked out a lot of refinery production near the end of the summer are matters we all wish we hadn’t had to face. For many people across the country, the close of 2008 can’t come soon enough. But 2008 brought some good things, too, things to celebrate and to cheer abou…

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November 1st, 2008

Shop Talk

Your guide to unique holiday gifts for friends and family

In the Bag
For Green Gals
Made from recycled truck tires, these handbags are both durable and cruelty-free. And they’re hot in Hollywood, too: celebrities like Snoop Dogg and Daniel Day Lewis snatched them up at the Critics Choice Awards and Sundance Film Festival. Treat the lady in your life like a movie star and feel good about saving the earth, too. The bags are available in several styles and sizes at www.englishretreads.com.English Retreads Large Beetle Bag: $209Wheel Good TimeFor Cyc…

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November 1st, 2008

Audiobooks

By Nancy Henderson and Katie Dodd

Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Sanction
By Eric Van Lustbader
Read by Jeremy Davidson
15 CDs 18 hours$49.98
It’s another twisty tale of identity confusion with the unflappable Jason Bourne, former intelligence agent, chasing down bad guys. And all the bad guys are here: Islamic terrorists, evil Russians and even some WW II Nazis. They have a big plot to destroy something major in the U.S. Bourne gets drawn in to stop it. Working against him on the other side is a man who seems like h…

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November 1st, 2008

Iowa’s Big Game

Dedicated deer hunters flock to Iowa in search of giant bucks

By David Hart

The soft patter of rain on the roof of my pop-up blind might have lulled me into a slumber if it wasn’t for the deer 50 yards in front of me. I was guarding the edge of a cornfield in southern Iowa, a Knight KP1 muzzleloader laid across my knees and visions of giant whitetail bucks pranced through my mind. The thermometer was plummeting, the rain was turning to ice, and the blind I was in looked more like an igloo than a camouflage dome. This was no place to sleep.Iowa has earned a…

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