The Ulu Factory has opened a new location at Ship Creek in Anchorage.Visitors gain insights into the use and function of this traditional native knife from viewing stations overlooking the manufacturing area, and demonstrations are given on the contemporary use of this unique device. The factory showroom features various ulu sizes and designs and other “Made in Alaska" products. The company works closely with the Alaska Native Heritage Center and offers native dance performances at its showroom during the summer months. Also during the summer, free transportation is available via Lolly the Trolley from Fifth and Sixth Avenues to Ship Creek..
Arizona
Heard Museum of Native Cultures and Art in Phoenix is celebrating its 75th anniversary with new exhibits at the main museum and at its satellite locations. It also offers several special events for the occasion. At the main museum is a new signature exhibition, “Home: Native Peoples in the Southwest," opening May 22. The exhibit features over 2,000 of the most important and historic objects from its permanent collection plus many new and recent acquisitions. The display covers the life and art of southwestern Native Americans. The display is divided into five distinct regional sections: the Pueblos, Colorado Plateau, Colorado River, Central Mountains and the Sonoran Desert. In addition to artifacts, there are videos, interactive computer displays and replicated housing structures. Also new is “Breaking the Surface: Carved Pottery Techniques and Designs," through Oct. 3. This show features the works of potters and the various techniques used in carving, etching and engraving over the past 80 years. At the museum’s Crossroads Gallery is “Virgil Ortiz: La Renaissance Indigène," through June 5.
California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has numerous special exhibitions scheduled for 2005. It will be displayed through April 3. “The Posters of Robert Rauschenberg," March 10-June 19, features more than 100 posters which illustrate the technical and artistic innovations of the artist. Many posters are familiar and were used in advertising and propaganda, while others are fine art works popular during Rauschenberg’s lifetime. “Images of Fashion from the Court of Louis XIV," March 12-June 26, displays rare bound books, costume accessories and textiles from LACMA’s permanent collection. Featured in this exhibition is LACMA’s recent acquisition of 190 colored engraved fashion plates dating from 1678-1693 that were used to promote France’s luxury goods and culture. They are considered among the first used to show fashion designs found at the French court. For a detailed exhibit schedule and descriptions of featured shows, visit the museum’s Web site.
Nevada
Cirque du Soleil has added another spectacular show to its Las Vegas roster. KÁ , the new production playing at the MGM Grand, combines acrobatic performances, martial arts, puppetry, multimedia and pyrotechnics. A cast of 72 artists tell a story of separated twins who embark on fairytale journeys through various landscapes and themes which eventually linked their destinies. The show is inspired by the ancient Egyptian belief in the “ka," an invisible spiritual duplicate of the body that incarnates from one life to the next. KÁ is performed nightly Friday through Tuesday
Oregon
The Antique Spinning Wheel Showcase, March 12-13, is held at the Old Colony Museum in Aurora. This event combines the talents of Northwest spinners and old time fiddlers in a weekend of demonstrations, entertainment and family fun. See the processing of wool from the time it’s sheared to the making of garments and enjoy the music popular during the times of early Oregon settlers.
South Dakota
Xanterra Parks & Resorts has announced many enhancements to its food service and visitor facilities at the Mount Rushmore National Monument. In time for the 2005 season, the cafeteria-style food service area will be transformed to a food-court style facility featuring different food stations for various items and meal courses. This design change offers visitors quicker and more convenient access to menu options.
Utah
Zion Ponderosa Ranch Resort offers travelers a unique ranch-resort experience for groups when visiting the scenic Four Corners region, just outside the eastern entrance to Zion National Park. Guests are Accommodated at log-cabin suites that sleep up to six persons. The cabins vary in size and design with each having a bedroom, bath, living room and private porch. Recreation options are abundant and include swimming, hiking trails, horseback riding, ATV tours, wagon rides, tennis and sand volleyball
Western States And Capitals
With adjustable rate mortgages coming due, foreclosures are on the rise. For many a consumer, bankruptcy does not follow far behind. Yet in recent months Nevada bankruptcy filings have shown that when done correctly, they can stop foreclosures before they even occur, thus protecting a desperate consumer from one of the most insidious financial mistakes she or he could be making.
Generally speaking, a foreclosure proceeding is a mortgage lender's attempt at recovering any moneys due that a borrower is unable or unwilling to pay. If the borrower is upside down in the loan ? in other words, she or he owes more on the home than it is actually worth or will fetch during a foreclosure sale or auction ? the remainder is still due and owing and the borrower will find that in addition to having lost a home, she or he will now also face a judgment and possible collection proceedings.
Nevada bankruptcy filings are stopping foreclosures because a home is protected during a bankruptcy proceeding, giving the borrower the extra time needed to come up with the funds to bring the mortgage current and thus at least save the home, even as a car may fall victim to the bankruptcy dealings. In the same vein, by avoiding a foreclosure, a borrower is in a better position to once again own a home in the future since a foreclosure is one of those notations on the credit report that will follow her or him around for a very long time indeed!
Who has not heard the tale of the kind mom or dad who sought to help out junior by cosigning on a car or home loan? Then again, perhaps it was a good friend who needed help and as such a spouse may have chosen to cosign a loan application without first conferring with their mate. A few short months later, the friend is unemployed and has defaulted on the loan, leaving the spouse on the hook for a payment she or he cannot possibly afford.
Perhaps the cosigner's fiscal situation also has changed and thus what may have been a possible debt a few short months ago is now a problem of insurmountable proportion. While this spouse may be in hot water with their mate already, the temperature is only bound to rise when considering that those couples residing in community property states will have to both bear the brunt of the financial misstep.
Thus, anyone residing in Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin will do well to think twice to pledge for another on the dotted line of a contract! Thus, Washington state bankruptcy filings are in some cases the only avenues left open for a marriage partner's fiscally unsound decisions, which now affect both parties of the marriage.
Even as other avenues are open to get out from under the fiscal obligation, the fact that the original debtor more often than not is unable to qualify for the loan in her or his name lends credence to the fact that the cosigner is more often than not stuck for the financial obligations and it is wise to never, ever cosign on a loan, unless you can easily afford the payments.
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