New antique show

Willowrush Promotions, based in Auburn, IN, has announced it will be organizing the new Maumee Valley Historical Society Antique Show, scheduled for Jan. 24-25 at the Lucas County Recreation Center in Maumee, OH. Proceeds from the show will support the special events of the Historical Society at the Wolcott House Complex in Maumee. The oldest original structure still in use in Lucas County, the Wolcott house was home to several families who played important roles in the development of the Greater Toledo area.

Willowrush also promotes and organizes antique shows in Overland Park, KS, St. Louis, MO, Louisville, KT and other places in Ohio and Indiana. Contact the company at www.willowrush.com.

Exhibitors wanted

The promoters/organizers of the Kansas City Travel, Adventure & Culinary & Expo, held March 27-28 at the Overland Park Convention Center, seeks exhibitors to the two-day event, free to the public. The "ideal exhibitors include local, state, regional and national destinations, resorts, tour operators, charters, attractions, cities, wineries, travel agents, travel services, security firms or any organization that wants to reach large numbers of consumer travelers in a one-on-one setting.

Interested organizations should contact Kelly Mullins at 314-481-8100, ext. 105 or 1-877-785-TRAVEL, ext. 105. For more information, go to www.KCTravelShow.com.

Auction at Washtenaw

Showtime Auction Services, based in Woodhaven, MI, reports that the top lot in an Oct. 10-12 auction held at Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds in Ann Arbor, MI, was a rare bow front violano music player, made around 1910 by the Mills Novelty Company. It sold for $137,500. In all, the auction grossed around $2.2 million.

Archives moving

The Central Plains Regional Archives is now closed on Mondays through March 30, 2009 as they prepare to move to a new location. The Archives will be moving to Union Station, which should improve public access to archival records and environmental conditions for storage. The new address will be National Archives–Central Plains Region, 400 West Pershing Rd., Kansas City, MO 64108. For more information, call 816-268-8000.

Holiday open houses

Got a Holiday Open House happening in your town, mall or shop? Let us know for our November or December issues. Listing is free. We're distributed in MO, KS, CO, NE, IA, IL, AR & OK.

Email to publisher@discoverypub.com or fax 816-474-1427.

Florida shows change hands

Three Sarasota, FL shows formerly run by Dolphin Promotions of Chicago & Ft. Lauderdale have been purchased by JMK Shows of New Jersey with Allison Kohler as owner.Kohler announced three upcoming shows in December, January and February in Sarasota of the eleven JMK will hold for the year beginning in October. The Sarasota shows will be held at the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, Dec. 27-29, Jan. 30-Feb. 1 and Feb. 20-22.
For more information, go to www.jmkshows.com.

the hype about small business

You've got to wonder that with the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street and "too big to fail" mentality that the talk for decades about small businesses being the big "jobs generator" and backbone of the American economy is just propaganda to get votes and bring money to the credit card companies.

Want to help the economy? Enforce anti-trust laws, let the financiers fail, lower taxes on small businesses, give small business employers help with health insurance – or seriously consider single-payer universal coverage — and extend loans to small businesses.

Small business owners and the American taxpayer are justified in denouncing this bailout.