State offi­cials and local vol­un­teer groups cel­e­brated a vari­ety of improve­ments at Hueston Woods State Park with rib­bon cut­ting and ded­i­ca­tion cer­e­monies on Wednesday, accord­ing to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).

Today, July 1, 2010, Starbucks will turn on free Wi-Fi with one click at all U.S. and Canadian company-operated stores. Customers with Wi-Fi-enabled lap­tops, tablets and mobile phones will have unlim­ited Internet access to surf the Web, con­nect with social net­works, search for hotels and local attrac­tions, and more at any Starbucks. Most recently, the free Wi-Fi ben­e­fit was lim­ited to two hours a day and only avail­able to mem­bers of the My Starbucks Rewards pro­gram. The new, unlim­ited Wi-Fi offer­ing fea­tures a one-click entry point, so a user­name or pass­word will not be required.

The UPS Store aims to ease air trav­el­ers’ bur­dens this sum­mer with three lug­gage ship­ping alter­na­tives, includ­ing a new lug­gage box that takes the place of a suit­case, to help reduce has­sles of long lines, secu­rity searches and increas­ing bag­gage fees.

We decided to do a quick stop at the Tahquamenon Falls State Park again; this time to check out the Lower Falls. The Lower Falls weren’t quite as breath­tak­ing, but still pretty cool. The Lower Falls empty into a large cir­cu­lar bowl before the water moves on down the river. I’d love to come back and actu­ally spend some time hik­ing in the area.

“Jump in,” said Comal County Judge Danny Scheel, as County and city offi­cials, local busi­ness own­ers and res­i­dents jumped in the Comal River to cel­e­brate reopen­ing the city’s pop­u­lar rivers. The Guadalupe River from Canyon Lake through the city of New Braunfels and the Comal River are open again for the summer.