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Show TRAVEL El THE DAILY HERALD (www.HaritThcHerald.com) SUNDAY. MAY 2(K)2 Travel Briefing 1T(Q)P Discount for service ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) Four weeks of discounts for military, police, fire and emergency medical services workers will be offered by Maryland businesses to thank those who work to protect the nation. Salute to the Services was scheduled to begin May 18 with a parade of classic cars and hot rods on the Ocean City boardwalk. It will end there June 14 with a Flag Day celebration. About 250 businesses statewide are participating, offering perks such as entrance to the Babe Ruth Museum in Baltimore, discounts for the Hagerstown Speedway, and y fishing trips on Calvert County charter boats. The event centers on Ocean City, where about 100 businesses are taking part, including hotels, restaurants, stores and golf courses. "It's a way to say thank you to the people who serve our communities and our country,'' said Donna Abbott, a spokeswoman for Ocean City. "Certainly, patriotism is at the forefront of everyone's feelings since Sept. 11. We hope it'll be an annual event." two-for-o- Ringling mansion returns to glory BY VICKIE CHACHERE Associated Press Writer all-da- Wal-Ma- hits road rt BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) is getting into the roadside assistance business. Working with TracFone Wireless Inc., the retail giant will offer roadside assistance that customers will be able to ' purchase at 2,600 stores. For about $50 annually, customers will be covered for five family members in the United States and Canada. "There are more than 132 million registered automobiles in the United States, and fewer than half are covered by roadside assistance," said Ken Reese, director of Tire and operations for Lube Express. "By offering roadside assistance memberships in a simple and format, we're helping our customers enjoy a higher level of travel security at a very affordable price." For service, motorists will call e number. a TracFone's roadside assistance provider, Road America, currently serves 3.5 million members nationwide. The firm has been in the motor-clu- b business for 24 years, and has more than 50,000 service providers throughout the United States and Canada. Wal-Ma- rt 24-ho- ur Wal-Mart- widely-availab- 's le New money: After a The SARASOTA, Fla. velvet curtains are rich and plush again, the gilded doorways are buffed to a luster, and the silver Tiffany vase which was John and Mable Ringling's wedding present is stuffed with fresh pink roses. Ca d'Zan, the fabled winter home of the circus magnate and his bride is again bustling with glamorous parties and awed 77 years after visitors the terra cotta palace on the Sarasota waterfront first hosted the rich and the State Building in New seen inside. Below the outside of Ca right, means "House which d'Zan, previously hung of John" in Venetian dialect. Ca d'Zan was the Ringlings' 22,000-square-fowinter home and was bequeathed to the state when John Ringling died in 1936 at the age of 70. ar 22,000-square-fo- in Empire York is famous. shutAfter a down for a $15 million ren10 times the ovation original cost of the mansion the home to the public in late April. "I've met people here who no longer brought their friends by because of its condition," says John Wetenhall, executive director of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. "It really sparkles like the Venetian palace it was meant to be." which Ca d'Zan means "House of John" in Venetian dialect was the Ringlings' winter home six-ye- six-ye- shutdown for a $15 million renovation, 10 times its original cost, John and Mable Ringling's Ca d'Zan mansion in Sarasota, Fla., has been reopened to the public. One of the many stained-glas- s windows, at left, is seen at the mansion. 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