(Feb. 29, 2008) -- An employee at the Chico store on Eaton Road at Highway 99 confirmed the closure this morning. Apparently, employees learned of their fate on Thursday.

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(Feb. 29, 2008) -- In the “Your NBA Destination” television ads, ESPN talent and NBA players travel together in motorhome.

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(Feb. 29, 2008) -- Rising personal incomes credited for increases in consumer spending in America. But, due to declining consumer sentiment, RBC Financial anticipates that spending will slow noticeably in the first quarter.

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(Feb. 29, 2008) -- The 2008 edition of the KOA Directory has arrived featuring more than 260 pages packed with detailed information and full color maps on more than 455 Kamprounds of America campgrounds throughout North America.

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(Feb. 29, 2008) -- El Cajon, home to 14,000 trailers and 3,200 registered RVs, faces a $6.1 million budget deficit. So, RV owners face a $35 parking ticket for keeping units on the street longer than is "reasonable" for loading or unloading.

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(Feb. 29, 2008) -- Featuring timely news stories, photos, and links to dynamic RVIA website content, the new e-newsletter means that industry members will no longer have to wait for print issues of RVIA Today to find out the latest in RVIA and RV industry news, events, and happenings.

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(Feb. 29, 2008) -- Due to the weakening dollar and the rising fear of inflation, investors have put money into commodities, oil included. Right now, there's a lot of trading based on emotion -- emotions are high and that could keep crude oil at elevated levels, but the market faces the risk of a price collapse.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- Ontario and Alberta drove the market with their figures, earning respectively 18 percent and 13 percent of the country's 2007 sales.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- Everything imaginable in this state-of-the-art 600,000-square-foot facility for the complete manufacturing of RV's from blueprints to completed coaches will be auctioned.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- Dave Lillegaard has also owned and operated a small business for many years, an experience that gives him first-hand knowledge of the unique challenges and problems that "bottom line" small businesses and their owners face.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- A new report did indicate some shifts in the composition of output that, on net, implied a slightly weaker picture of the economy at the end of 2007, but the economy grew 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- One DVD, titled Towing Behind Your Motorhome, covers everything the consumer needs to know about safely towing a vehicle behind a motorized RV. The other one., titled Trailer Towing, Weights, Hitchwork & Backing, clears up all of the confusion on towing travel trailers and fifth wheel trailers.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- Work can begin immediately on the 125-site park that will cater exclusively to Class A motorcoaches.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- KOA Value Kard Rewards is an online-based program which offers campers their own personalized website linked from KOA.com to monitor their rewards points, track their travels and list their camping preferences.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- Sponsored by Horspitality RV Resort, the “Saddle Up for St. Jude” event will raise funds to help St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in its ongoing fight against childhood cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- The large vehicle ordinance would put a ban on any trailer, RV or camper that is over 20-feet in length from being parked in a driveway for any substantial amount of time. There would be 48-hour exceptions for vehicles less than 33-feet long - so they could be loaded for trips.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- By converting an old office building in an RV and boat storage facility, a school district will earn about $615,000 per year. The building could house 65 boats or RVs, a covered area that could store 55 vehicles and an uncovered area could be turned into 98 additional parking spaces.

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(Feb. 28, 2008) -- "For myself,in 28 years of driving cars and motorcycles, I have never had a tire failure. I estimate I owned 12 motorcycles and 20 cars, and have driven a million miles. I have NEVER had a tire failure. A few flats yes, but never a tire failure. But why then in the RV industry do I know so many people that have suffered tire failures?

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(Feb. 27, 2008) -- In Congressional testimony this morning Fed Chairman Bernanke indicated that a number of negative factors present downside risks to an already sluggish outlook. Although stressing that the Fed had not taken its eye off inflation, he indicated that the central bank was prepared to act in a timely manner to support growth.

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(Feb. 27, 2008) -- Dan Gamel closes location in Santa Rosa and plans to close additional California locations in Chico and Bakersfield, as well as Yuma, Ariz., later this year.

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