[October 01, 2009] Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Hotline column Tweet Sep 30, 2009 (Herald-Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Ruby, don't take your tickets to town QUESTION: I received two tickets for the George Jones show at the Little Nashville Opry for my birthday. Since the Opry has burned down, can I get a refund? C.P., Bloomington ANSWER: The Brown County Convention & Visitors Bureau is assisting the Opry in processing refund requests. If your tickets were purchased through Ticketmaster, contact Ticketmaster directly for a refund (800-653-8000). If they were purchased through the Opry box office, mail your tickets and/or verification of your purchase (Hotline suggests you keep photocopies) along with your contact information and a self-addressed stamped envelope to The Little Nashville Opry, P.O. Box B, Nashville, IN 47448. For more information, visit www.browncounty.com or call 800-753-3255. I scream, you scream at this intersection QUESTION: After eating ice cream recently at the Chocolate Moose, we exited east on Smith Street and attempted to turn right on Washington Street but with new building on that corner and the cars parked along Washington, it was hard to see if there was any traffic coming. This seems very unsafe. Can anything be done? D.C., Bloomington ANSWER: Hotline reported the problem to the city. Department of Public Works Director Susie Johnson said the city has issued a 90-day order to eliminate about 150 feet of parking on the west side of Washington Street. This will offer an interim solution to the sight distance problem while the city staff studies the issue. The Ether Game meets CVS 'hold' music Remember the inquiry from a reader about the music that plays when she is put on "hold" after calling CVS Pharmacy? (Hotline first speculated it was Liszt, then later came across a tip that it was Karl King's "Golden Dragon.") Hotline was recently contacted by Taed Wynnell of Vertical Communications, the company that makes the InstantOffice and Wave phone systems that CVS uses in its stores. About 10 years ago, Wynnell's company selected the piece CVS uses for its music-on-hold -- a public domain recording with an unknown artist and composer. Although the name of the recording is "Golden Dragon," it's not the Karl King march. Wynnell hopes Hotline readers can name the mystery music, because "we'd love to be able to definitively identify it since it's a question that CVS is occasionally asked." Hotline has posted an audio recording of the music at HeraldTimesOnline.com, and any reader who can confirm the composer and title is asked to contact Hotline. Bulletin Board Teachers, today is your last chance to apply for your classroom to be considered for the next Hotline Kids' Week! Interested K-6 classrooms should send an e-mail to [email protected] by 5 p.m. today explaining in 75 words or less why you want to be a Hotline Kids' classroom. The selected class will receive a visit from Hotline, and students' questions will be featured Nov. 2-6. Want more Hotline? For more tips and bulletins, visit the Hotwire blog at blogs.HeraldTimesOnline.com/hotwire. Hotline is also on Twitter.com (search "HTHotline"). Write to Hotline, c/o The Herald-Times, P.O. Box 909, Bloomington, IN 47402, or e-mail [email protected], using "Hotline Inquiry" as the subject line. Include your name, city and phone number. We cannot answer all inquiries. To see more of the Herald-Times, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.heraldtimesonline.com. Copyright (c) 2009, Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]