Travel briefs: Costlier airfare predicted this holiday season (Detroit Free Press) Expect to spend more to fly home for the holidays this year, say the experts at Live Search Farecast. Fares for Thanksgiving 2008 are up 31% from 2007, while Christmas and New Year's fares are up 30%, according to the Web site (farecast.live.com)....more...Where I learned about working (The Gleaner) We've been out of town for a couple of weeks, making a tour of baseball stadiums up east with my Dad. He and I used to do that when I was a teenager -- travel to a few big cities, get a little sightseeing done and take in some ball games. When we weren't doing that, we spent several hundred hours in the backyard, playing catch....more... Lady Tigers golfers defeat South Vermillion (Paris Beacon) The Paris Lady Tigers golf team defeated South Vermillion Monday, 207 to 224 at Sycamore Hills. Haley Sears? 47 tied for the best individual score with the Lady Wildcats? Bailey Craft. The Lady Tigers? Megan Whitacre was next with a 48....more... 3-D map layers info for visitors (The Columbus Dispatch) I've done some of my best traveling while sitting at home in front of my fireplace, propelled by only a map and my own flights of fancy....more... Crystal River hands Lake Weir first loss (The Ocala Star-Banner) CANDLER - The goalposts didn't come down in Candler Friday night as the Hurricanes tried to start a football season 3-0 for the first time in the school's 40-year history....more... News of public record (Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum) MUNICIPAL COURT...more... Plans set for ?Tea Party on Main Street? (El Dorado Times) The ?Tea Party on Main Street? is nearly here and final preparations are being made for the event. ...more... Freddie double demolishes Villa (Ilford Recorder) HAMMERS striker Freddie Sears showed the first team what they were missing on Saturday as he grabbed two goals for the Academy team to send a powerful Aston Villa outfit crashing....more... A New Type of Masterplanned Community Unveiled in Mexico's Yucatan (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) For the first time, a resort community is coupling dramatic lifestyle amenities and remarkably low home prices to deliver a unique, five-star experience for second home buyers, vacation home buyers and retirees....more... |