| Indomitable spirit is alive and well in Waveland, Mississippi
Katrina. Since August 29, 2005, no other name, save for maybe Pandora, has been able to arouse such an intense range of reactions and responses. Two years later, Waveland, Mississippi, known as "Ground Zero," is on the rise, but it has been a hard climb with a great distance still to be traveled. According to Waveland's Mayor, Tommy Longo, 22 million cubic yards (about 20 football stadiums) of debris has been removed. But there is more - 300 cubic yards are still removed daily. Longo reports that 7.700 standing dead trees blocking rights of ways or in danger of falling on structures have yet to be taken down; 34 of these are on elementary school property. There are more than 350 vehicles and boats to be hauled away.
Spotlight: This week
Septemberfest 2007, a Oklahoma celebration sponsored by The Friends of the Mansion, Inc. featuring family entertainment, children's activities and interactive exhibits, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, State Capitol, Oklahoma City. 405-557-0198.
55th Annual Cherokee National Holiday, this year's theme is “Common Values Common Ground" in commemoration of Oklahoma History, event includes an intertribal pow wow, art shows, gospel singings, the annual Miss Cherokee pageant, the Cherokee National Holiday parade and the annual “State of the Tribe" address by Principal Chief Chad Smith, 9am-midnight Friday-Sunday, Tahlequah. 453-5000.
3rd Annual Red Dirt Harvest Festival, featuring food wine and music including a special concert on Friday commemorating 100 years of Oklahoma singers and songwriters with Bob Childers, Susan Herndon, Don Morris, the Red Dirt Rangers, Tom Skinner and more, 8 p.m.
Home Builder in Spain Crashes as Ex-Chairman Keeps New York Pad
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- From the looks of things at the newly built Aparta Hotel Residencia, you'd never know that it's the high summer tourist season in Canet d'En Berenguer, a town of 5,000 just north of Valencia on Spain's Mediterranean coast. The compound's 308 apartments, completed this spring, are all unoccupied. Grass has started to sprout between the red terra-cotta tiles that lead to the empty, peanut-shaped swimming pool. The residence is just one of a trail of buildings dotting the sandy coastline constructed by Enrique Banuelos as he amassed a fortune of more than 4 billion euros ($5.4 billion) over the past 15 years. Banuelos lost much of that money -- and shareholders' -- as the stock market punished the firm he founded, Astroc Mediterraneo SA, amid a rapid cooling of Spain's housing market.
The Azores: New One Week Packages Starting at $669
This fall Azores Express, a U.S.-based tour operator and member of the SATA Group, is continuing its' air/hotel packages featuring four new hotels to the islands of São Miguel, Terceira, and Faial. The Azores Islands are Europe's closest point to the United States. A 4-hour flight from Boston will transport travelers to this beautiful destination for an affordable price. .
An outdoor feast for our farmers
Local farmers will take the spotlight Aug. 26 at the third annual "Incredible Feast," where 22 growers team with 22 chefs to make 22 meals. Chefs will include Scott Staples of Restaurant Zoë, Seth Caswell of Stumbling Goat Bistro and Taichi Kitamura of Chiso. Farmers and fishermen include Kittitas Valley Greenhouse, Fishing Vessel St. Jude, Rent's Due Ranch, Pipitone Farms and Tonnemaker Family Orchard. The event, which includes live music, country-fair-style games and prizes, is the brainchild of Brasa chef Tamara Murphy and takes place outdoors at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave. N. It aims to raise awareness of local family farms, support local farmers markets and raise money for a disaster-relief fund for area farmers in need. Tickets are $50 per adult and $10 for children 12 and under.
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