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Turner Celebrates Hunt Consolidated's Commitment to Downtown Dallas DALLAS, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Turner Construction Company presented Hunt Consolidated, Inc. with the North Texas Silver Star Award at a ceremony at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Mr. Ray L. Hunt, Chairman, President and CEO of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. accepted the award on behalf of the Hunt organization. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130617/NY33393) In his acceptance, Mr. Hunt spoke...
Danusia B. Boshinski of Dayton, Ohio has been honored with a recognition by Dayton Business Journal in its selection of "40 Under Forty." DAYTON, Ohio, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Announcing a special recognition appearing in the May, 2013 issue of Dayton Business Journal published by American City Business Journals. Danusia B. Boshinski was selected for the following honor: "40 Under Forty" (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130617/DC33211) Danusia B....
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Representatives from Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament announced today the completion of their $1 million facility renovation. After three months of extensive outdoor and indoor renovations to various elements of the Medieval Times castle, it is now ready for its debut. The majority of the renovations took place in the castle's upper and lower Halls of Arms, where hardwood flooring was added, all walls were freshly painted and...
Customers can feed a giraffe or throw out the first pitch through social media promotion offering unique prizes at iconic northern Illinois destinations CHICAGO, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With the official start to summer only a few days away, ComEd is kicking off the "Coolest Summer Ever," an 11-week social media promotion featuring once-in-a-lifetime prizes such as feeding a giraffe at the Brookfield Zoo, throwing out the first pitch at Cubs game, or camping out at the Morton...
DETROIT, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The title of 'Best Place to Work in IT' has returned to Detroit as Quicken Loans today announced it has earned the #1 ranking on Computerworld magazine's 2013 'Best Places to Work in IT' list. This marks the fourth time Detroit-based Quicken Loans, the nation's largest online lender and third largest retail mortgage lender, has been named #1 in the benchmark employee survey, and the ninth-straight year the company has appeared on the...
The best concerts in all genres, the most exciting stars coming to town, and much more! CHICAGO, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In a summer packed with amazing concert and festival offerings, where do you begin? Let Chicago be your one-stop resource with The Ultimate Summer Music Guide. Catch all of the must-see shows between now and Labor Day with our critics' handpicked calendar of the 75 best concerts in all genres--everything from classical to jazz to indie rock to pop. From...
Where Music Comes Alive! MONROE, Wis., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- MONROE - Two superb headline concerts are scheduled to take place this month as part of the Monroe Arts Center's Wisconsin Music Arts Festival in Monroe, Wisconsin. In addition to the headline concerts by Livingston Taylor and the BoDeans, this three-day festival will feature presentations by music industry professionals, music workshops, and late night entertainment on Monroe's downtown historic square....
Plan Shows Strong Commitment to Support Southern Markets ALTOONA, Pa., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Samet Corporation and Sheetz®, Inc. have partnered on the construction of a 250,000 square-foot distribution and production facility in Burlington, NC. Sheetz recently selected Samet as the contractor in charge of construction management for the $32.8 M center that is a cornerstone of expansion plans for the Convenience Restaurant Chain. (Logo:...
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The main entrance hikers use to get to the Zion Narrows Trail, one of the West's most popular hiking routes, has been permanently protected from development into homes, The Trust for Public Land announced today. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130617/DC32381) Erik Weihenmayer, the famed blind adventurer, who led a hike of the Zion Narrows as part of the effort to save the trailhead, said, "The Narrows...
WICHITA, Kan., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit AeroSystems [NYSE: SPR] today announced it has been working with Spintech Ventures, of Xenia, Ohio, to develop a new reconfigurable tooling technology for manufacturing complex composite aircraft structures. The solution uses re-formable, reusable mandrels to form complex, highly integrated composite structures, with features that are not possible with traditional tools. (Logo:...
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Wrangell- St. Elias National Park and Preserve is located in the southeastern portion of the American state of Alaska. The park holds 13,175,799 acres of land, divided between the park and preserve, which was once inhabited by Native Americans like the Ahtna and Tlingit peoples. Although Alaska was purchased by the United States in 1867, American citizens did not move into the area until the 1880’s, when gold was discovered in the Yukon Territory. It is thought that George Holt was the...
Mammoth Cave National Park is located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The park holds 52,830 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native Americans. Many mummies and artifacts have been found in Mammoth Cave and surrounding caves to support this. It is thought that first man of European descent to visit the area was John Houchin or Francis Houchin. The legend says that one of the brothers was hunting a wounded bear that entered the cave to hide. The first documented discovery...
Petrified Forest National Park is located in the state of Arizona in the United States. The park holds 221,552 acres of land, of which 50,260 acres are comprised of a designated wilderness. The area was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the basket maker and pueblo peoples. The first American explorers to enter the area arrived while searching for good routes leading from east to west. This group, led by Army Lieutenant Amiel Whipple, surveyed the northern area of the...
Mount Rainer National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States. The park holds 236,381 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the Puyallup and Yakama tribes. Many sites were found throughout the park showing evidence of older tribes including rock shelters and projectile points. The establishment of the park began in 1893, when the Pacific Forest Reserve was established. This area included a national forest as well as Mount Rainer and...
The Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion, located within the Deserts and xeric shrublands Biome, incorporates a variety of xeric shrub-steppe sub-ecoregions in the area of the Great Basin in the Western United States. It’s within the North American Desert area, and includes a great deal of Nevada, northeastern and eastern California east of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range rain shadows, and some parts of Utah and Idaho. The Great Basin Desert and semi-arid non-desert xeric shrubland...
