WORLD'S LARGEST LAVA LAMP (fingers crossed) - Beyond Tiki

D dogbytes Tiki Socialite seattle, wa Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 2243	D dogbytes Posted posted on Thu, Jan 26, 2006 8:27 PM Great news, all you hippies and hipsters!! Giant Lava Lamp Approved! Thursday, January 26, 2006 Soap Lake to spend $100,000 to install lava lamp THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SOAP LAKE -- The Soap Lake City Council has agreed to allocate $100,000 in tourism money for installation of the town's 50-foot-tall lava lamp. The council rejected the measure last week, but Monday approved spending nearly half the $206,000 in tourism-account funds to install the 52,000-pound lamp. "We needed to warm to the idea," said Councilman Barney Berg, who changed his vote. The lamp was donated to Soap Lake in 2004 by Target Corp., which had used it in a display in New York City's Times Square. The dismantled novelty item has been stored in an Ephrata warehouse since its arrival from the East about a year ago. The city donated land for the lamp last week. Supporters of the project hope the lamp will be in place by early summer. People used to travel to this town of about 1,275 people -- 150 miles east of Seattle and 110 miles west of Spokane -- to take mineral waters and coat themselves with healing mud. The waters aren't the draw they once were, and lamp supporters hope it will rekindle tourism.

Great news, all you hippies and hipsters!!

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Soap Lake to spend $100,000 to install lava lamp

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SOAP LAKE -- The Soap Lake City Council has agreed to allocate $100,000 in tourism money for installation of the town's 50-foot-tall lava lamp.

The council rejected the measure last week, but Monday approved spending nearly half the $206,000 in tourism-account funds to install the 52,000-pound lamp.

"We needed to warm to the idea," said Councilman Barney Berg, who changed his vote.

The lamp was donated to Soap Lake in 2004 by Target Corp., which had used it in a display in New York City's Times Square. The dismantled novelty item has been stored in an Ephrata warehouse since its arrival from the East about a year ago.

The city donated land for the lamp last week.

Supporters of the project hope the lamp will be in place by early summer.

People used to travel to this town of about 1,275 people -- 150 miles east of Seattle and 110 miles west of Spokane -- to take mineral waters and coat themselves with healing mud.

The waters aren't the draw they once were, and lamp supporters hope it will rekindle tourism.

Post #210647 by dogbytes on Thu, Jan 26, 2006 8:27 PM