| Toy show ahead for weekend
The 17th annual Tiger City Farm Toy Truck & Collectibles Show will be held Saturday and Sunday at Northbridge Mall. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. People can come and buy, trade or browse.More than 80 dealers with some 250 tables will have everything from Tonka parts, sports cards and coins, collectibles, cast-iron toys, Hot Wheels, tractor parts, dolls, pedal toys, new and used toys, antiques, trains, literature, toy horses, wagon hitches and saddles, and tractor manuals.Admission is free.Also on tap for Friday is the Minnesota State Spring Barrow Show at the Freeborn County Fairgrounds. Judging junior pens takes place from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. There will be junior and adult market hog contest registration from 8 to 9 a.m. The judging contest runs from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
Antiques expert is seeking real deals
ANTIQUES expert David Dickinson was a big hit with the public when he brought his latest television series to Ellesmere Port on Saturday. Scores of people, some of whom had queued outside to be the first on to the set, made their way to the Civic Hall hoping to cash in on some old family heirlooms, or take a gamble at auction. The flamboyant bargain hunter enjoyed great success with the first series of Dickinson's Real Deal, which attracted more than a million viewers every day, and was busy casting a helpful eye on some of the potential deals throughout the day. While racing across the set in between filming, the antiques guru did quickly confirm to the Pioneer that he was enjoying his visit to the town. One woman from Ellesmere Port had brought in two hand-painted plates which she'd had for 18 years hoping she might strike it lucky.
Antique car collection to be auctioned in April
CENTERVILLE - Anyone who has ever dreamed of owning a '57 Chevy may want to make plans to be at the Georgia National Fairgrounds on April 7. That's when 59 antique cars from a collection by the late R.C. DeFoor of Centerville will be auctioned off. Auction coordinator Bill Bonbrake said it's the largest antique car collection by an individual in Middle Georgia. The cars range from a 1933 Plymouth Coupe to a 1985 El Camino, plus some later-model cars. Bonbrake said it will be the largest antique car auction in the area since DeFoor sold his collection of more than 100 antique cars in 1984. "He wanted to retire then," Bonbrake said. "But a couple of years later he got the itch again." DeFoor liked to buy cars in original condition, some with very low miles, Bonbrake said.
179 areas listed Comelec, PNP hot spots
MANILA, Philippines -- POLICE and election officials have started marking as hot spots areas in the country where election violence was likely to mar balloting in May and came up with a list of 179 towns and cities in two regions so farSouthern Tagalog and Western Visayas. The Philippine National Police said 111 towns in the Southern Tagalog region were under close watch for possible election violence. Florentino Tuazon Jr., election commissioner, said he was sure there would be peaceful elections in the region, however. Tuazon is in charge of elections in Southern Tagalog and Central Luzon. There are no known intense political rivalries in these areas, he said after meeting with police officials to discuss preparations for the May elections.
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