| Mall stories an example of citizen journalism
A couple of months ago, I joined Julius Vaughns on the Aurora section of YourHub.com. A couple of days after I joined the team, Julius and I sat down and discussed Aurora. During that meeting, Julius told me that since he started at YourHub.com, he has wanted to take an in-depth look at the Town Center at Aurora, the former Aurora Mall. He wanted to look at the changes that the mall management has put in place since a shooting that occurred there two years ago. He wanted to look at the curfew put in place by the mall, limiting the hours that kids under 16 could be there by themselves. And he wanted to know what other people thought about it. 'Why not?' I told myself. What I didn't know was how many people actually cared about what was going on at their neighborhood shopping center.
Dixieline opening first Inland site
The first Inland store of San Diego-based Dixieline Lumber and Home Centers will also be the first merchant to open next month at The Orchard - Stone Creek. The 430,000-square-foot community shopping center in Murrieta was approved in 2004, and is under construction off Clinton Keith Road near Interstate 215. After Dixieline's opening in late May, according to the center's developer, the first wave of additional retailers and restaurants will be opening in July. Allan L. Davis, president of Yorba Linda-based development firm Retail Development Advisors, said that phase will include Bank of America, Starbucks, Subway, College Cleaners, UPS and Orchard Nail Spa. The next phase, slated for a Spring 2008 opening, will include Juice It Up, Sushi Camp Plus, Cold Stone Creamery, El Pollo Loco and O'Harley's Pub.
Auxiliary's fundraiser features fashions, fun
Whether it's haute couture or casual sportswear, fashion conscious people will see what is in vogue during the 15th annual Springtime Serenade Fashion Show.The show of music, dinner and fashions, sponsored by the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra auxiliary, will begin at 6 p.m. May 1 at Sunnehanna Country Club, 1000 Sunnehanna Drive, Westmont."This is a key fundraiser for the symphony," said Charlotte Aubrey, auxiliary president. "We always have a nice turnout for this event, which is a highly anticipated occasion each spring."Prior to dinner, four members of the Aubrey Singers will perform "The Star-Spangled Banner." Keyboardist David Smith of Johnstown will provide entertainment.Dinner will be served at 6:30, with jazz and pop music provided by vocalist Kathryn Janisko of Johnstown.During the show, door prizes will be given away, and there will be a chance to purchase tickets for a raffle, which includes money trees.Aubrey will conduct the program, while co-chairwoman Mary Borkow of Westmont will serve as mistress of ceremonies and narrate the fashions.Other chairwomen are Mary Battaline of Upper Yoder Township and Barbara Laslo of Richland Township."We have nearly 20 women and eight men doing the modeling for the show," Aubrey said.Some of this year's celebrity models are Angela Berzonski, editor, Johnstown Magazine; Amy Bradley, public affairs director, Conemaugh Health System; and Katie Collett, WJAC-TV.Several of the men agreeing to model are Rich Klindworth and Bill Brown, both of WJAC; Milan Gjurich, Cambria County commissioner; Chris Voccio, publisher of The Tribune-Democrat and Johnstown Magazine; and Jack Michaels, radio personality from WKYE-FM.The models will wear the hottest fashions provided by Karen's Couture, 9 Entrance Drive in the Westmont Shopping Center; Miller's Clothing, 525 Main St., Miller's Tuxedo Rentals and Sales, 517 Main St., and Celestial Brides, 142 Market St., all in Johnstown; The Bon Ton at The Galleria, Richland Township; and Talbots, Westmoreland Mall, Greensburg.
Hollywood Interrogates Al Qaeda
CBS's hit series "Criminal Minds" recently aired an episode entitled "Lessons Learned," where FBI agents traveled to Guantanamo Bay and coaxed a confession from a known terrorist detainee that led to the prevention of an anthrax attack on a Northern Virginia shopping mall. The point of the story was that the regular interrogation tactics (pictured as brutal assaults on the prisoner) were not working, and that the military should adopt the enlightened methods of the crack interrogators from "Criminal Minds." Having served as an Army Judge Advocate General's Corps officer in Gitmo, a legal adviser to criminal investigators pursuing leads ... .
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The Irish Independent reports that the greater Dublin region got the lion's share of new hotels opened in 2006 and will also feature strongly when the 2007 figures are collated by Filte Ireland. The Dublin Airport region alone accounted for over 16pc of the new hotel rooms opened in 2006 with 900 of the 5,500 bedrooms as the capital accounted for 21pc of the total. On top of this there were 1,137 new bedrooms opened in Cos Meath and Kildare. "Dublin Airport has experienced major hotel development in 2006. "New hotels in the area include Days Hotel, Bewleys, Holiday Inn Express, Carlton and Ballymun Plaza adding almost 900 rooms," according to Filte Ireland. The Dublin region accounted for 21pc of all new hotel rooms opened last year.
Hammond retail center for three parishes
HAMMOND — Hammond serves as the retail center for more than 100,000 people in three parishes, according to a study by the Southeastern Louisiana University Small Business Research Center. The study was commissioned a year ago by Hammond Mayor Mayson Foster to analyze the city’s retail market. Foster released the study last month at a City Council meeting. "We went to Southeastern because we knew Hammond Square Mall was making changes," Foster said. He added that the analysis was not done specifically for the mall redevelopment. Foster said the purpose was to offer research for anyone wanting to open a retail establishment in Hammond. Yet the study will help Stirling Properties sell the redeveloped mall to national retailers, especially because it is an independent university analysis, said Sterling Chairman Jimmy Maurin.
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