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Navigating troubled watersWednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 12:10AMThey can zoom along at up to 80 mph and venture into wet territory where most other watercraft cannot go. They are airboats, a growing recreational, albeit expensive, hobby in Florida.

A GLASS ACTSunday, November 9, 2008 @ 3:11AMBy Lee Sutter -- It’s no wonder that glassfuser Richard Mortensen has fun with his art, considering he gets to enter shows with such names as “It’s Testosterone.” “That show was wide open” as far as themes go, and since it was tied in with a car show, “I did a wild Corvette, in glass,” he said. That was at the Danville Fine Arts Gallery, shortly before Mortensen and wife Carol retired last ...

Special children have a splashing time under new programmeThursday, November 6, 2008 @ 6:15PMThe 11 special children from the Malaysian Association of Guardians for the Intellectually Challenged (Magic) had a splashing good time at a local club’s pool as they worked their way to learn the basics of swimming.

AMACO Announces Their New "Friendly Plastic Open Challenge" for Craft and Hobby 2009Wednesday, October 29, 2008 @ 12:17AM AMACO, makers of high quality lead-free glazes and other pottery supplies and equipment, is celebrating its 90th Birthday in 2009 on Monday, January 26th, 2009 at 11 AM in the Anaheim Convention Center.

Spirited times for craft industrySaturday, October 25, 2008 @ 2:07AMEconomic times may be tough. But Colorado's infant craft spirits industry is undergoing one of the biggest growth spurts in the nation.