Issue 156 Campground & RV Park E News

The annual Tennessee Campground Conference and Tradeshow was held in Gatlinburg August 911th 2011 at Adventure Bound Camping Resort (Old Crazy Horse).

This years event had a record number of campground sign ups along with its best auction in years!

“We could not have done this without the support of

our membership and that of our exhibitors.”, said Rob Halcrow, Executive Director.

Rob Halcrow TNARVC Executive Director

This years seminars ranged from Tax Planning to Guest Service and Tourism to Social Networking. “We learned a lot from this conference”, said first time attendees Donna and Shawn Martin of True West Campground, continued Page 2

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Stables and Mercantile.

Member Danny Fischer from Soaring Eagle Campground said “One of the best things I’ve done was to come here to this conference”.

The tradeshow hosted nearly 20 vendors from all around the country.

Everything from t-shirt vendors, insurance providers, camp store products and industry retail suppliers, including the display of two park model Cabins to give the attendees a true feeling for the products their guests will be staying in.

In fact, one unit was sold to member campground, Raccoon Mountain Campgrounds and Caverns operated by Eric Bosley. “I had a great time at the conference...can't wait to

do it all again next year", said Bosley.

Four Awards were presented during the annual event.

Campground of the Year was awarded to Blue Water RV Resort & Marina (small category) and Nashville Country RV Park (large category) and two Distinguished Service Awards were presented, first to Donna Williams, AB Gatlinburg and the other to Jim Zaborowski, Nashville Country RV Park for their above and beyond service to the association.

The Tennessee Campground Associations’ mission is to serve the special needs of RV parks and Campgrounds in Tennessee and provide the public with the highest quality camping experience.

Distinguished Service Award to Donna Williams, AB Gatlinburg

Distinguished Service Award to Jim Zaborowski, Nashville Country RV Park

Campground of the Year was awarded to Blue Water RV Resort & Marina (small category)

Campground of the Year was awarded to Nashville Country RV Park (large category)

The heat is brewing in the Carolinas between CARVC and a new Association being formed, The North Carolina Camping & RV Association (NCCRVA).

It is the understanding but not yet confirmed by Campground & RV Park E News that the new Association is headed by Shaun Barbour, son of former executive director of the Carolinas Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, Charlene Barbour.

CARVC ended its relationship with Barbour and her Garner, N.C.based Management Concepts on April 30.

Dana Gabriel

Dana Gabriel, President of CARVC has told Campground & RV Park E News "The situation is pretty cut and dry. Our association management company of some 20 odd years, severed ties with CARVC and then accepted the management position with a newly formed organization, NCCRVA, while still under contract with CARVC. NCCRVA is owned by the North Carolina based Stella Investments Co., which is owned by MCi’s

Founding Partner, Charlene Barbour".

"While we feel we are well on our way to healing the organization, with the help of our new management company Queen Communications, LLC, the transition has been much more contentious and messy than necessary.

The process has diminished CARVC’s minimal resources as we attempt to regain the Associations property, both physical and intellectual.

That said, we are heading in a good direction. We have seen recent growth and renewed member interest. Our updated website will launch soon.

The member side is already up and running with some great new networking features. We will be publishing 100,000 copies of the NC/SC Camping Guide, which is distributed in Welcome Centers in both states by the end of this year. We are excited to see the great things that are going to happen for this association in the very near future".

In a letter to members Gabriel said "The Board of Continued

Annual meeting and expo (beginning in 2012).

Continued Directors has chosen to make this decision in order to improve membership services, our industry presence, legislative programs, and our annual conference.

This decision was not made easily or in haste.

We sincerely believe that this change provides a management team whose ideals, work ethic, and goals are more closely aligned with ours, providing a more conducive atmosphere for activity and growth. We would also like to encourage you to rely on Queen Communications, our new management

company, for support and information. Garry and Marie Queen and their team of highly trained professionals are very motivated to support us in our endeavors and are looking forward to help guide us into the future".

RV’ing in NC. Access Insurance providers that specialize in the Camping and RV industry.

The new NCCRVA website promotes the fact that:- No national membership is required to belong to NCCRVA, dedicated entirely to Camping and

Web site and online directory (beginning in Fall 2011), with “Talk to the Experts” forum.

Annual Directory with a distribution of over 30,000 (and growing).

Quarterly eNewsletter

Supporting and promoting parks of all sizes and Connecting Parks, Consumers, and Suppliers in the NC Camping and RV Industry.

The breakup comes at a time when CARVC was just beginning to operate in the black following several difficult years.

Carolinas Association of RV Parks covers both South Carolina and North Carolina with a potential membership of around 500 private campgrounds.

actually got there. He was living in Brooklyn when he died in 1928.

NEW YORK—When New Yorkers get out of town, they often go to a place covered with trees and dirt known as "the country."

When out-of-towners come to New York, they usually end up in a hotel—the Best Western or something. Now there's one destination that can accommodate them all: A campground is growing in Brooklyn.

"I love it here," Beverly Wong was saying toward sunset on an August Friday. "I love going to the theater."

She and her husband, Patrick Neeson, both in their forties, and their five kids, six through 16, had spent a few days at the Jersey Shore and were towing their tent-camper home to Montreal.

"So my wife says, 'Why don't we go to New York?'" said Mr. Neeson, who was busy setting up rafter poles.

The best hotel deal he found on the Internet for a gang of seven was $500 a night.

Then this came up: a $20-anight campsite at the south end of Flatbush Avenue in the borough of Brooklyn.

Mr. Neeson didn't know it, but the campground had only just opened—on July

The Navy used the field in World War II, and the Coast Guard moved in until 1971, when Gateway National Recreation Area was born.

Floyd Bennett was no Yellowstone. It fell to ruin.

People came to fish, fly model planes, watch birds in the weeds.

Patrick Neeson, Beverly Wong and their five children at their campsite at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field. Barry Newman for The Wall Street Journal 4—as the first-ever spot where anybody anytime can rough it legally in New York City.

It's also the only campground for the general public inside any American city's limits that belongs to the National Park Service, the outfit that brings you peaks, lakes, canyons, geysers and glaciers, from the Everglades in Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska.

"My 14-year old said, 'Where's the campground?'" said Ms. Wong, the Montrealer.

"We're used to, you know, sand and grass. This is, uh, you know…"

"An airstrip," said Mr. Neeson.

Well, yes. They were camped at Floyd Bennett Field, a disused airport on Jamaica Bay, 15 miles from Times Square. An expanse of concrete stretched out before them to a distant shore. A chainlink fence behind them collected plastic bags in a stiff wind.

A sign on the fence named their RV site: "Amelia Earhart #42." She flew out of here once. So did "Wrong Way" Corrigan, who swore he was going west but ended up in Ireland. Floyd Bennett was famous for flying to the North Pole, though it later came out that he never

The idea for a public campground came up in 1983, and the Park Service didn't get to building it until this year: 41 sites in the bushes between runways, and six on the tarmac for recreational vehicles.

Picnic tables, fire rings, grills and mosquito magnets set the federal budget back $63,000.

"I'm a big dreamer here," says Linda Canzanelli, Gateway's superintendent, who envisions 90 campsites on the field in a couple of years as part of President Barack Obama's new "America's Great Outdoors" initiative, aimed at city types who spend too time much indoors.

"The smell of burnt marshmallows," Ms. Canzanelli says. "Ghost stories around the Continued

Continued campfire. Sunlight on the tent in the morning."

Brooklyn's got it all now. In Yellowstone, where the price of gas rules, July's overnight stays sank to 430,000 from 696,000 a year ago. At Floyd Bennett, reachable by bus and subway, overnights took off—from zero to 1,300.

What the old airfield lacks in variety of wildlife, it makes up for in low-cost life of the human variety.

One Saturday afternoon, hot and humid, a family of Japanese expatriates from Westchester County lugged coolers past an orange barrier to a clearing in the bushes.

Another family, of Colombians, was unpacking suitcases, playing a radio, and eating croissants out of a plastic tub. A young man walked by them with a queen-size air mattress on his head.

"Apartment camping," he said.

Kaziah Hall sat at a picnic table, sewing a tail on a kite. He makes kites for a living in Virginia. He was in New York to deliver one.

Usually, he and his wife sleep in their SUV in the rest area off Exit 12 on the New Jersey Turnpike. He says Floyd Bennett is prettier.

"The national parks," said Mr. Hall. "A model for the world." A Brooklyn friend,

Robert Brown, was taking pictures. "Why travel to a place that looks like this when you got this right here?" he said. Mr. Hall told him that all his food was in the car to keep it away from the raccoons. Mr. Brown said, "That's nature, man."

The Park Service shares Floyd Bennett with a police helicopter base and a training center for garbagetruck drivers. It classifies the campground as primitive. There's no electricity. The outhouses are supplied by a company called "Rent A Throne."

There's a junked stainlesssteel sink on a taxiway, but no running water.

They haven't left yet.

Mr. Woulf, an out-of-work member of the Carpenters Union, found a job in Manhattan. Ms. Woulf drives him to the subway, shops for food ("a lot of kosher," she says) and has dressed up the picnic table with a clam-shell collection and a pot of pink pansies.

"We've been into the city, like tourists," said Ms. Woulf. She paused as a police helicopter came in low overhead. "But we don't particularly care for the crowds."

So on the Friday evening when the family of Montrealers rolled into camp (and quickly drove off for dinner in Chinatown and a trip to Times Square) the Woulfs were packing their overnight bags.

By sunset, they were on Flatbush Avenue in their Ford, heading out of town for a weekend in the country.

By Barry Newman http://online.wsj.com

"This is pretty natural, even with the concrete, which, mind you, I don't like," Scott Woulf was saying.

He sat in the shade of his camper at Amelia Earhart # 47. His wife, Cindy, was grilling chicken. "I have some beautiful sunrise pictures," she said. "We only called the cops once, when somebody set fire to a trash can out there."

The Woulfs are the deans of Brooklyn camping, with the computer skills to extend their Park Service reservation beyond the 12day limit. In June, they drove their Ford Taurus to New York from their home in Neenah, Wis., bought a used camper upstate, and pulled both of them into Floyd Bennett Field early in July.

JACKSON CENTER, Ohio - Thor Industries, Inc. (NYSE: THO) has announced that it has entered into a repurchase agreement dated as of Aug. 12, 2011, to purchase 1,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $20 per share from the Estate of Wade F. B. Thompson (the "Estate") in a private transaction.

The Estate currently holds all of the stock of the late Wade F. B. Thompson, Thor's co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer.

The repurchase transaction

was evaluated and approved by directors of Thor's Board who are not affiliated with the Estate.

The repurchase represents 1.8 percent of Thor's common stock currently outstanding.

Thor will use available cash to purchase the shares. The transaction is expected to close on or before Aug. 16, 2011.

Thor is the world's largest manufacturer of recreation vehicles and a major builder of commercial buses.

NAPPANEE, Ind. -Newmar Corporation has introduced a new wheelchair-accessible floorplan designed exclusively for the Canyon Star gas motorhome line up for 2012.

Newmar has had numerous conversations with retail customers about their desire to purchase a wheelchair accessible motorhome.

In response to their specific needs, Newmar’s engineering department has developed a new Canyon Star 3911 gas

motorhome floorplan which addresses many of the features customers have requested.

Some features include moving all the switches, monitor panel, and EMS panel from the top of the entrance door cabinet to a cabinet just behind the passenger seat for access while sitting in a wheelchair.

The 2012 Canyon Star 3911 starts at a retail base price of $156,492 before options.

After surveying the flood damage Friday along the Missouri River at Larson’s Landing RV Park west of Yankton, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) said the devastation breaks his heart.

“It’s just more of the wreckage of the summer of 2011,” he said at the water’s edge. “It’s another example (in South Dakota) of a lot of people displaced and who have lost everything. We’re a tough people out here, and we get through a lot, but these people are going to have to dig really deep. We’ll work on what we can to help them.”

Larson’s Landing owner Doug Larson said about 18 mobile homes in the park are probably total losses and will have to be removed when the waters recede. With 150,000 cubic feet of water per second (cfs) still roaring through Gavins Point Dam, much of Larson’s Landing is still under water despite a wall of sandbags where the shore used to be located. Larson said the water level dropped about 16 inches when the releases at the dam were dropped from 160,000 cfs to 150,000 cfs.

He spoke with Thune about the possibility of

getting a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan to rebuild his camp. He would like to have it operational by next spring.

“We’re seeing the water go down, which makes us feel a little better,” Larson said.

“But you can’t do anything if you don’t have any cash.

I’m not looking for anybody to give me anything. I just want to be able to get a SBA loan to get some cash and start rebuilding.” Full Article www.yankton.net

By Larry

I have emphasized for a long time that in order to understand the EPA one must constantly factor in that this is an agency where science meets and mingles with economics and politics.

The science may or may not be top notch at EPA. But few, if any, would classify the economics being engaged in by Washington, D.C. as sound.

Toss politics into the mix and you get the kind of rules being pushed by EPA these days: declaring carbon dioxide to be a toxic element and lowering the allowable ozone levels with sanctions that can only destroy businesses and ruin the local economy in many if not most of this country’s counties. And by making these kind of rules in the name of “protecting our health” adds insult to injury.

No matter what your politics, it must be plain to all that the federal

government is expanding in size, scope and regulations.

When the federal politics go bad, so must the EPA politics go bad because EPA is federal. At this rate we will have very clean air to breathe as we stand in the longer and longer unemployment and food stamp lines and then walk over to the even longer lines to receive packages of food from the local food banks.

We might need to hurry to the food banks before they, too, run out of food or fail to meet federal regulations and need to tear down their warehouses.

Our drinking water will be pure as the driven snow.

That’s nice, because starving people should at least be able to drink and enjoy pure water. And the last breath of air we breathe before dying of starvation will be oh so very healthy.

“I enjoy the surroundings, the people,” said Ron Schroeder, a retired Rochester Gas & Electric worker. He originally lived in Webster, and after retirement, began wintering in Florida with his wife, Judy. With family in the area and a long tradition of spending summers at Indian Village Park, they continue to enjoy all the park has to offer each summer, said Schroeder, who directs the Vine Valley Chorale.

Larry Thibault, Marty DeVinney and Stan Hare look over some old photos of the campgrounds before their 50th anniversary celebration. Jack Haley/Messenger Post Vine Valley, N.Y. — Marty DeVinney was just a kid when his dad, Robert DeVinney, decided to turn what was a struggling landscape of wheat fields and vineyards into a campground.

Erosion on the steep slopes in Vine Valley, on the east side of Canandaigua Lake, from decades of farming using the early methods of horse-drawn plows and other techniques was taking its toll, said Marty.

His father, a Boy Scout leader, envisioned a campground on the scenic acreage, with its untouched shoreline and wooded landscape.

Last month, more than 150 people — some of them still seasonal residents since the early years — gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Indian Village Park.

After opening in 1961, the early years consisted of sites with small tents and pop-up trailers. Many people came for weekends or a week or two for a family vacation. Today, the seasonal campground leased exclusively to adults includes public showers, restrooms and laundry; a main lodge with full kitchen for parties, games and programs; a pavilion with a stage; a fish pond; and a waterfront beach with a dock for boat moorings.

Larry Thibault, a retired executive with the Boy Scouts of America, another longtime seasonal resident, said the folks with ties to Indian Village come from all over the nation and from all walks of life. From scientists to artists and westerners to those who stay on the East Coast, the park is one place they all call home, Thibault said.

Article: www.mpnnow.com

PORT LAVACA, Texas -Ground breaking for Texas Lakeside RV Resort, a new RV park in Port Lavaca, Texas, has commenced, developer Doug Jensen announced today.

The RV park is located at the corner of West Austin Street (Hwy. 238) and County Road 101. Located 1 mile off of Hwy. 35, the gated RV park will feature more than 94 sites in the first phase of development.

GPS coordinates are 28 35 42.75 N 96 38 32.63 W. A 4,000-square foot clubhouse with an essentials store, exercise room, media area, and pool tables will be the center hub of the community. A stocked fishing lake, a

swimming pool and hot tub, a walking and jogging track, and several picnic areas and dog runs lead the list of the park's highlights.

Other amenities at Texas Lakeside RV Resort include private restrooms and showers, security cameras, two laundry facilities, free Wi-Fi, and satellite TV. The fully-fenced and gated resort will feature 24-foot

wide concrete roads leading to extra wide and long concrete RV pads that include a small yard space.

Jensen said he has traveled the State of Texas over the past two years, speaking with RV park residents, managers and owners. His goal was to discover the most-wanted features and seek out bright ideas that will help build "a new generation" RV park. Additionally, the staff of Texas Association of Campground Owners (TACO) have provided essential insight to the project, he added.

"This RV park has been engineered and designed with all campers in mind," said Jensen. "The resort has been built to achieve the highest ratings from both Good Sam's and Woodall's. I'm excited that it's going to help more people discover that Port Lavaca is a great little seaside town with a lot to offer everyone."

Initial waterfront and backin sites should be open by November. All sites will have Full hook-ups with water, electric and sewer.

Producers of the Virtual Outdoor Hospitality Expo will be notifying over 1,400 suppliers for the outdoor hospitality industry that they can actually view a preview of the entire convention at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, August 23rd. The actual Expo is set for 12 noon until 6:00 PM on November 10th, continue on the 11th and then be in the “on demand” status for 60 additional days. E-mails announcing the preview webinar will be sent out to suppliers of goods and services to campgrounds, marinas, golf and ski resorts, paddleboat and canoeing resorts and even dude ranches this week.

what the show would look like 2 ½ months before the actual event”.

The invitation will also be extended to sponsors and exhibitors who have already committed to the convention. Members of the Advisory Board of the Expo are expected to attend and the actual tour of the facility will be conducted by Elizabeth Davenport and other personnel of VCopious, the software company who the producers have engaged for this year’s event.

The Expo is proud to announce that several firsttime Silver Sponsors have decided to participate this year, among them Allied Specialty Insurance, Chempace, LCN Outdoors, Solar LED Innovation and Webreserve.com. As previously announced, David Gorin & Associates and Best Parks In America are the Expo’s first Platinum Sponsors. New exhibitors are Bag-O-Loots, LLC and Manning and Novick. Two major announcements about sponsors are being withheld until they can be finalized, but both promised to bring excitement to the Convention.

“How unique is this?” asks producer, Art Lieberman. “I have produced nearly a dozen physical conventions and have never been able to actually demonstrate

Co-Producer Deanne Bower is equally enthusiastic about the preview. “We’ll also be able to explain how the booths will be set up in advance by VCopious with files furnished by participants and all about the unique reporting facilities ONLY available at an event which takes place on the Internet.

Participants will be able to view which exhibits or conferences attendees visited, their length of stay and what materials they placed in the briefcases for later viewing after leaving the Expo”.

Deb Kohls of Leisure Interactive, heading up the education portion of the Expo, is once again assembling a cast of interesting and varied speakers for the webinars.

Last year’s keynote speaker Derrick Crandall drew nearly 250 attendees for his presentation.

An invitation to the Expo demo is in this publication.

The Virtual Outdoor Hospitality is produced by Art Lieberman and Deanne Bower of Campground Expositions. They can be reached at 877-901-EXPO (3976) or by e-mail at campvirtualshow@yahoo.com.

New Berlin, PA 08/08/2011 MCPS for Campgrounds (www.mcpsforcampgrounds.com) has become Strategic Partners with Gulf Management Systems (GMS) to offer ACH Funding that is affordable and easy to utilize. Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), is where funds are deposited through an Automated Clearing House (ACH) directly into a campground owner's bank.

Myth: My business is too small to benefit from EFTs. Fact: EFT streamlines the collection of recurring payments, making it more cost-effective than paper checks. This efficiency translates into a net increase in collections and is the perfect way to build a larger, more loyal, client base.

Myth: Accepting EFT payments will cost too much money.

Fact: EFT actually saves you time and money in invoicing, postage, and bank fees. EFTs make cash flow more predictable, which is extremely important especially with a seasonal business.

Myth: Our customers won't use EFTs. Fact: Most of your customers are probably already using ETFs but just don't realize it- for things such as automatic debits for mortgage, utilities and insurance payments, or getting paid through Direct Deposit - including Social Security.

Myth: EFT payments aren't safe.

Fact: EFT payments help reduce fraud and identity theft. Nearly 85% of identity thefts start with someone seeing your personal information on paper. Since funds are transferred electronically, there's no risk of a lost or stolen check. Up to nine people may handle a check compared to just one or two for an electronic transaction.

Campgrounds traditionally market their sites, whether RV hookups, park models, cabins or yurts, on a daily, weekly, monthly or even seasonal basis.Campgrounds accept checks or credit cards for rental payment and both have drawbacks.

Daily or weekend rentals are only a small problem since they don't involve large sums of money. But payments for longer stays carry with them expenses that campgrounds have had to incur.

Now, MCPS for Campgrounds is offering EFT to all campgrounds. We can set you up to accept EFT from your customers and IF YOU ARE processing your credit cards through us the cost is $1 per transaction. That's it! There is no setup fee, no equipment to buy and no long term agreement to sign. There is an application to complete with a voided check, and the process will take a week to get verified. Your customers will also have to complete an agreement to allow the transfer of funds. The savings in credit card fees could be substantial and you won't have to wait for checks to arrive either. EFT transfers are especially helpful to seasonal businesses and they are extremely safe. YOU maintain total control over how much and how often funds get debited.

If you aren't a customer of ours, but still would like to take advantage of the EFT program, we will debit your account, by EFT, $40 a month plus the $1 per transaction fee. Once again you can start or stop this service at your discretion.

We know of no other company offering this service to the campground industry. What's more, this service could be an effective money saving tool for suppliers who do monthly billing.

Our EFT program is beginning now. For more information you can call MCPS for Campgrounds at 877-858-9010 or e-mail us at rvcreditcards@yahoo.com.

There is concern within the tourism and private park industry that the budget cuts and the possible closure of 70 state parks in California pose a threat to privately owned and operated campgrounds in California and across the country.

“We have a very strong interest in being together with the private park industry as we face these challenges,” said Coleman, who noted that California State Parks will join the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) this month.

The issue is that thousands of campers go to California to see the extraordinary sites located within the state parks, but camp in private parks along the way, and without many state parks open, private campgrounds could be hurt by fewer visitors.

Coleman, who will become president of the National Association of State Park Directors (NASPD) in September, added that while 70 state parks in California are currently scheduled to close on July 1, 2012, opportunities exist for private park operators to take over management of several state park campgrounds.

However, Ruth Coleman, director of California State Parks, feels strongly that the challenge presented also provides opportunities to counter the situation with increased public-private park collaboration, particularly in the areas of marketing and media outreach, since both industries target the same consumer.

Coleman said she is also open to discussing ways in which state parks can help refer campers to privately owned parks, perhaps by directing them to websites such as GoCampingAmerica.com or Camp-California.com.

working together, Coleman said, both public and private parks could find ways to help each other.

and public relations outreach efforts in collaboration with California State Parks.

California is among the first of a half of dozen state park systems that have already indicated interest in joining ARVC this year following a recent push by the association to open its doors to all non-member parks throughout the country, including state parks.

Sipe said communicating with Coleman also enables her to better understand challenges facing state parks while also identifying ways in which state parks could help private park operators.

Several states already have strong relationships with state parks, including Virginia, Maryland and Maine, but, more can be done, not only at the state level, but at local levels across the country.

Debbie Sipe, executive director of California ARVC, sees these efforts at pubic park-private park sector collaboration as a positive move, and noted that the state association is specifically interested in stepping up its marketing

“We bring the destination,” Coleman said. “State parks are the thing that people want to come see. But we don’t offer that many spots for people to stay.”

Ruth Coleman

Indeed, the entire California State Park system only has about 15,000 campsites, while the private park sector has more than 90,000 camping and RV sites. But by

Debbie Sipe

Looking down the road, Sipe said increased publicpark park collaboration could also go a long way toward improving best practices in campground management across the country.

Paul Bambei, ARVC president and CEO, said ARVC Director of Membership Jeff Sims plans to attend next month’s annual NASPD Convention, where he plans to reach out to state park directors across the country and highlight the association’s efforts to seek improved collaboration with the public park sector to help both industries in these challenging economic times.

Very often it happens that the data that we store and collect, gets deleted by mistake.

Many a times, it also gets corrupted. If you format your computer, all the data will be lost. Till a few years back, there was absolutely no way of retrieving your data. Once lost, it meant that you will have to work on it all over again.

However, things have changed now. The truth is that now you can easily retrieve lost data by using technology itself. There is software available now that can retrieve your data.

Apart from this, there are many other programs as well that retrieve data. The same is the condition with crashed hard drives.

The good news is that it is possible to retrieve the lost data from a crashed hard drive as well.

To start with, one needs to understand how and when the data does get lost from a hard drive. There can be many different causes. The loss of data may be due to a virus attack. Hardware failure or a system crash down can also be responsible for the deletion of files from a hard drive.

The fact is that hard drives are the handiest way of saving information. People save a lot of information in these drives. This way they

can carry all the important data stored in a hard drive.

What should you do in case your hard disk gets corrupted or the files get deleted from it?

For hard disk data recovery or for pen drive data recovery, one should use software.

There is much software available that can be used for the data files recovery purposes. It is best that you search the internet for the best ones.

Always read the reviews about the software before buying it. Also you need to check what kind of deleted or corrupted files does recovery software actually recovers.

There are two different kinds of data recovery physical data recovery and logical data recovery. Firstly find out how a particular file was deleted from your hard disk or how did the concerned files got corrupted.

Once you know the cause of the deletion, make sure that you buy the software that recovers files deleted in a particular way. Also double check if the software will work in the supported format of your computer. The software that is used to recover corrupted or deleted files are pretty quick in action.

They recover files very quickly. They are easy to

use. In case, you do not know understand how to use them, you should go for service providers.

The service providers are professional people who will come to your home, recover your files from your crashed hard disk, change a reasonable amount of fee and go back.

This whole process is entirely hassling free. All you need to do is spend a few bucks and all your deleted files will be retrieved and you will be able to access them easily once again. Simple as that it is to recover files from a crashed hard drive.

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Controversial plans to develop an RV campground at Fanny Bay are back on the table, despite being rejected by regional district directors a year ago.

River Dam Holdings saw its original development permit application for land at Holiday Road turned down after neighbouring residents urged directors to toss the plan.

They did so at the third time of discussing the issue, despite planning staff advising the land was properly zoned for touristcommercial development.

Staff recommended the application be approved with conditions.

appropriately zoned and he was ready to comply with all the requirements being asked of him.

His lawyers subsequently drew attention to case law suggesting directors might find themselves "guilty of the tort of abuse of public office" if they continued to vote on a zoning matter ignoring mandatory provisions, after having been advised in advance that in doing so would be illegal.

The original application involved creating 38 RV sites and five tent spaces along with a multipurpose building and a caretaker's residence.

But elected officials pressed on with the rejection, although they also agreed River Dam could make a new development permit application "that will be substantially similar to an application that was refused by the CVRD board."

Confirmation that a fresh RV campground application is now under consideration.

But several local residents argued it would be a wholly inappropriate use for the area, and predicted it would lead to problems over issues such as safety, access, water supplies and waste disposal.

And following advice from legal counsel, committee members are recommending that River Dam's $3,800 fee for its original application should be refunded - a refund requested by the company.

Meanwhile, Amandio Santos for River Dam said he was perplexed that the project was being denied when the land was

That repayment will be subject to a final vote at the full board table at the end of the month. www2.canada.com

FANGSHAN, China — Loading up the Winnebago and seeing the country via its highways, byways, campgrounds and tourists traps is a classic American summertime pursuit. And now it’s come to China.

“We’ve done all the usual kinds of travel,” says Beijing businesswoman Liu Xiaofan, who though only 40 has just retired. “Now we want to enjoy our lives, and our RV can help us live a happy and healthy life.”

On Thursday, they drove their Chinese-made Zhongtian recreational vehicle, bought recently for $93,000, to join hundreds of other RVing fans at a campsite rally in Fangshan, a southwestern district of China’s capital.

The Lius want to go well beyond a cross-China excursion: They hope one day to drive to Europe and eventually travel coast-tocoast across the USA. After more than three decades of dramatic economic growth, China’s better-off citizens are busy testing new lifestyles and leisure pursuits, from horse riding and skiing to golf and overseas travel. RV camping is another recent trend here, promoted by entrepreneurs and a central government keen to boost domestic tourism and consumer spending.

In a nation of 1.3 billion people, where car ownership remains a dream for most Chinese, RV owners number 5,000, with just a few dozen RV camps, according to the China RV & Camping Association. Approximately 8.9 million households own an RV in the USA, according to the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association, and there are thousands of RV camps in the country.

Change is coming fast in China, says Wang Jidong, the RV association’s secretary general, as local governments and businesses build hundreds of RV camps nationwide.

Americans still can’t grasp the fast pace of development in China, says Lu Jun, 41, general manager of the Beijing International Automotive Camping Park, which opens later this month in south Beijing.

“When I talk to U.S. RV suppliers, they ask if I want to buy three or four vehicles,” says Lu of imported RVs costing over $70,000 each.

His reply? “I want to buy 1,000″ to fill the 100 camps his company will build within two years.

Traffic rules that require a heavy vehicle license for larger RVs, and discourage

trailer-type RVs, put off potential buyers, complains Wang, whose association hopes to persuade Beijing to relax the laws within two years. Meanwhile, trailer parks will hook Chinese tourists, and future RV buyers, by offering rental RVs in fixed, user-friendly environments, Lu says.

Kong Fanning needs no convincing. A real estate businessman and RV fan, Kong, 51, drove his wife and daughter 17 hours from their home in Changsha city to attend Thursday’s rally. He has racked up 31,000 miles in two years in his 15-foot RV, small enough to be driven on an ordinary license.

“I hate flying; it makes me feel like a hostage or convict to be so restricted, but with an RV I can go, and stop, wherever I like,” he says. “I can cook what I like and enjoy so much freedom.”

Luxurious RVs from the USA, such as Jayco’s Presidential 390, a coachlike model costing $650,000 in China, drew many admirers, including Hang Yong, an auto executive from the wealthy eastern city Wenzhou.

“In China, there is official support for the RV industry, and people’s desire to own one will definitely grow,” says Hang, whose company plans to manufacture cheaper “Chinese-style RVs,” with features such as fan extractors to cope with stir-fried Chinese food.

The prospect of RV competition from China, infamous for cheap knockoffs, worries some Americans.

In June, U.S. RV blogger Bob Zagami warned that putting a Chinese-made RV on to a U.S. dealership “is about as un-American as you can get.”

MORGAN -- A new developer is in town eyeing the well known Como Springs recreation area, and city and county officials couldn't be more excited.

Darren Menlove, who has run the downtown Salt Lake City KOA campground and RV Park for 35 years, is in negotiations with the current owner to purchase Como, located next to the Morgan County Fairgrounds.

Menlove's plans for the area include a swimming pool, hot tub, general store/registration office, RV sites, camping sites, camping cabins, pavilion, wi-fi, and onsite full-time property managers. His plans would include demolishing all remaining structures except the old roller-skating rink.

"We think the property has good potential. We have found the finer a property, the higher the clientele base," Menlove said. "It's a good sales tax generator.

You don't have to educate or medicate (campers).

They spend their money and leave."

City and county officials agreed.

"It's a great idea since we don't have a hotel in our county," Morgan City Mayor

Jim Egbert said. "We have events, and people have no place to stay. It would be advantageous to us, and I am excited about that."

Based on the history of the area, Menlove said he plans to offer swimming/day passes to locals and tourists whether they stay to camp or not.

"It would be a community swimming pool," Menlove said. "It would add to the feasibility of the project."

Menlove considered purchasing the land 13 years ago, and never really forgot about it.

"We are familiar with the property, but still in the very beginning of our feasibility studies," said Menlove, who owns the KOA proprietary rights that include Morgan County. "We are putting our toe in the water."

"As you do your planning, I would be interested in you considering other water amenities," City Councilman Ray Little said.

"That type of facility would bring a lot of people here."

In a time where economic development is a buzz word in the county, many officials are pledging to support Menlove. www.standard.net