For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
MISSOULA - Collectors and admirers, young and old, gathered in Big Sky High School to check out the 32nd annual Train Show and Swap Meet. The Missoula Model Railroad Club presented the event that allowed vendors to pack in, show off their merchandise and display a variety of working model trains.
A Paso Fino parade and show highlighted the list of new events this year at the 36th annual Pioneer Days Festival, which was held Saturday through Monday at the Pioneer Florida Museum and Village.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) -- Agriculture and the railroad both shaped Sioux City's history and depended on the other.
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Ag-Rail Day at Sioux City Historical Railroad
SKIPPACK The American Youth Literacy Foundation is turning the page on illiteracy.
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Literacy foundation looking for tutors to help advance reading in youths
Pollution from port activities in Long Beach dropped as much as 52 percent in 2009 compared to 2005, according to the port s latest inventory of pollutants such as diesel particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides.
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Tampa's Union Station welcomed train fans young and old Saturday, offering them the chance to see a real train up close as well as models.
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In the daytime, he wears a badge and a gun. On Sunday he preaches the gospel. Alan Wilkett, ordained minister and Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy, works on a daily basis with the highs and lows of humanity.
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Pastor, sheriff's deputy brings faith to the force (The Pasco Tribune)
In the 1984 film "The Karate Kid," Daniel LaRusso learned martial arts to protect himself from bullies. Two years ago, Joshua Brown, then 6, did the same.
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Southern California air quality regulators are proposing backstop rules to ensure the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach achieve the diesel emission goals established in their joint Clean Air Action Plan.
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More than 2,000 people attended the Trees and Trains event at the Old Lutz School House during the Christmas season.
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Trees, Trains tradition lives (Carollwood News & Tribune)