Archive for August, 2004

>For the second time this summer, a restricted firearm has been discovered in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, concealed in a compartment in a motorhome occupied by senior citizens.

Margaret Ruston Kumm was arrested on the Yarmouth waterfront Monday after she and her husband rolled off the fast ferry the Cat from Bar Harbor, Maine, in their motorhome.

Mrs. Kumm of Leesburg, Fla., a 66-year-old American tourist who kept a loaded revolver with her linen in the bedroom closet of her RV, was fined $1,135 Tuesday in Yarmouth provincial court. Full Story…

>Federal Emergency Management Agency has been moving families into one of the 360 travel trailers in a 407-acre park where they will live for free for as long as 18 months.

The RV park has been vacant for about a year because it was being converted into a more upscale facility. The concrete slabs were already there, and the park’s owner, J & J Homes, took care of hooking up the power, water and sewer. Cable TV is even available. Full Story…

>During 2003 and 2004, the Lillies, Ron and Marla with children in tow, toured the highways and byways of America the old fashioned way — one United State at a time.

“Seeing the country was something we’d wanted to do for a long time,” explained Ron. “We’d discussed setting out on a roadtrip across America for probably 15 years. We’d had other opportunities to do it — but the time was never really right until last year.” Full Story…