Overnight tent camping at Del Monte Beach owned by the Navy will be considered by the Monterey City Council today. It has recommended by the city Planning Commission repealing an amendment to the Del Monte Beach Coastal Land Use Plan that would prohibit tent camping on the beach or near the abandoned waste water treatment plant that once served the Naval Postgraduate School.

Susan Craig, coastal planner in the email to Kimberly Cole, a principal city planner said, the proposed plan amendment raises issues about the public access to the beach and that tent camping provides a lower cost overnight facilities along the beach in an area where there are no overnight facilities at present.

The council will convene at 4p.m. in its City Hall Chambers.

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The survey conducted for an insurance co. that has found 30% of people are went to camping holiday under the canvas this year, compared to 17% who went on a camping or caravan holiday in 2008. Nearly double the number of campers in a camping holiday to save money instead spent to expensive holidays.

The research is tracing on how many people suggest that camping holidays its been popular this summer. According to the Camping and Caravanning Club, bookings and reservations at campsites are raise to 27% compared with a year ago.

The most popular destinations for campers are Cornwall, over 15 percent are planning to go, the other destination are the Lake District and Devon.

Emma Holyer at LV said “Camping is a fantastic way to experience the great British countryside, and with a hot summer predicted it’s set to be a bumper year for camping and UK holidays in general.”

Eurocamp, one of the three biggest camping holiday companies in Europe. Eurocamp, a British company has for the first time in 15 years set up centres in Britain, in attempt to cash in on the trend for holidaymakers to attract the travelers hit by the recession and reluctant to visit Europe. Euro has the high value.

Provincial Parks is free to enter this summer and next summer. Most campgrounds opened Friday, with the exception of those in the north.

On May 15th, Grand Beach and Lundar will open, and May 29th St. Ambrose will open. Liquor free camping will be the May long weekend.

MONTANA
Most rivers and lakes have Sportsman’s Access sites, signposted on the nearest highway. Most are suitable for free camping, but a few near cities or busy highways restrict camping or charge a fee.

FLORIDA
In most cases, you can park overnight at Public Boat Ramps. These are often very close to where roads cross bridges.

The Netball Association of Ghana (NAG) invites players for camping ahead of the Africa Youth Netball Championship in Namibia later this month.

A statement signed by Rev. Emmanuel D. Nikoi, Chairman of NAG with a copy to GNA Sports said the technical team has lined up a number of trial matches for the team.

The players are:
* Flora Lowoe from Eastern Region
* Harriet Jomo from Central Region
* Delphine Hugbenke from Mount Mary College of Education, Somanya, Eastern Region
* Charity Ofori from Ashanti Region
* Hameedatu Abdullah from Central Region
* Joyce Mensah from Ghana Education Service GES, Bibiani-Ahwiso, Bekwai District

The team will engage Sekondi Ladies at Essipong Stadium, Kwahu Ladies at Abetifi, Kwahu and Hohoe Ladies at Hohoe on May 9th, 13th and 16th in the trial matches lined up. The association is urging the various national supporters unions, Sports Writers Association as well as the Sports Callers Association of Ghana and other stakeholders.

David Lochner, 21 and Timothy Welch, 18, were camping outside Palmyra stole a calf from a neighbor’s barn, they shot it with an arrow and slit its throat before roasting its meat, police said.

Palmyra, 20 miles southeast of Rochester

John Stubbe, State Police Investigator said that several weeks ago when a dairy farmer reported his calf missing.

The authorities found a bloody bow and remains in the river near the barn. The two men said they had shot a deer with an arrow. But Stubbe said the two had walked from their campsite to Brandon Hoad’s barn and broke them, while authorities later determined of the two men.

The farmer said that the two were staying with someone who worked for him but doesn’t know about the disappearance of Emmy, a 2 month old female calf.

Stubbe said the two are hungry decided they wanted something to eat, that’s why they led the calf out in the barn, shot in an arrows and cut its throat.

The two men were arrested and arraigned Wednesday on burglary charges. Police said the charges are pending including cruelty of animals.

The two men Lochner and Welch remain jailed on $25,000 bail each. County police didn’t know if the two men have an attorneys.

Stubbe said “I’ve seen farm animals stolen but I don’t recall anything like what happened Emmy, where two kids were out camping and they thought they needed a meal.”

Hoad said “Event though I’ve got a reason to me, it still doestn’t solve as of now - its just heinousness of it.” Hoad, grew up on the farm and keep about 65 dairy cows.