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Reality is Overrated
 Brandi Bowers |
The Two Coreys TributeThu, March 11, 2010 @ 12:49PM Yesterday I read the unfortunate news of actor Corey Haim's death. He died from an apparent drug overdose. He had been struggling with drugs for years, but friends say he was in the best shape he'd ever been & finally getting his life together. Everyone is still waiting on the full report, but whatever the case is, I thought that in honor of Corey Haim & '80s fans everywhere, this week's blog should be about The Two Coreys. The late '80s saw actors/bestfriends Corey Haim & Corey Feldman as two of the biggest teen idols. Haim, most noted for the movie, Lucas, and Feldman, most noted for the movie, The Goonies (one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time!), worked together on movies & tv shows. Their biggest movies together were The Lost Boys & License to Drive.
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Backfire
 Paul Giannamore |
Get involved for trailsWed, March 10, 2010 @ 10:17AM Personal admission time: I'm covering a story I want to be involved with. The effort is the Jefferson County Trails and Greenways Vision effort, which could lead to an eventual plan for trails and linear parks throughout the county that could link to other trails and greenways in surrounding counties. Full admission: I've been riding my bicycle on and off on local trails for 15 years, including the Mountour Run trail, the trail south of Wellsburg and the trail outside Colliers. I've also ridden River Avenue from Titanium to old Route 7, and on up to Stratton, many times. Just not recently. Fuller admission: I got fat, lazy and depressed in recent years and my beloved Jeep bicycle has been sitting in the garage in front of Enrico the Cruiser, wondering just why he's not being ridden more.
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Hope 4 the Best
 Jeremy Johns |
Stay out of trouble!Mon, March 8, 2010 @ 1:20PM I am becoming more and more disgusted with professional athletes throwing their lives away or at least damaging themselves. Athletes are paid millions of dollars to do one thing..... PLAY! You are paid to PLAY! That is the greatest job in the world if you ask me. I know there is a little more than just PLAYING a game when it comes to being a professional athlete. You are in the public eye and people look up to you. POOR YOU. You have huge amounts of money and people are envious and wish they had what you have. POOR YOU. You are asked to stay out of trouble and keep a clean image. POOR YOU. You have to remember to pay the maid each month. POOR YOU. LISTEN!!!!! You are paid millions to play a game, stay out of trouble and don't do anything reckless. That sounds pretty easy to me. Big Ben, keep these girls at a distance. You won't have a problem then. Allen Iverson, stop drinking and gambling...
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Adventures with a Metal Head
 Eddie Kokosinski |
Mountain [Dew] BetrayalWed, March 10, 2010 @ 9:44AM I'm going to start stockpiling Mountain Dew. Screw Ramen Noodles and Twinkies for the "Big One", I want something delicious to drink and might only have a few months to buy it at an already high price. Some places only charge $1.25, others (the Market in Wheeling) charged me $1.70. At this rate, I'll have to decide on eating or having a Dew. But it may just be enough for me to kick the Dew. My favorite beverage will soon be a rising in price, and I have a hard enough time throwing down $1.25 before tax on the drink already. I'll now have to add an 18% tax, which if the sales tax is already included, will turn to $2 or more..But on second thought, what else will I buy? Spend 50 cents less on water, or just splurge and get the sugary bottle of awesome?? My choice is clear, and it is what the government wants. They don't want us to be thin, they want us to realize that its only 50 cents, and slowly help dig America out of the debt that we (they [Bush]) have built.
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Beneath the Headlines
 Alex Marshall |
Play adopt a pothole; win $250!Wed, March 10, 2010 @ 2:23PM Fahrvergnügen!#%@ Not quite the four letter f-word I uttered last week when me and my almost-new clean-diesel; 44 mpg; 6-speed Volkswagen Jetta fell into a cavernous pothole on Route 7 as I headed home after attending the SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) dinner at Franciscan. I thought I was nearly home free after avoiding several canyon-size craters on University Blvd. Little did I know the minefield lurking ahead on Rt. 7. Ouch! I’m okay, but Jetta is still shaking from the trauma of the event, and is patiently waiting her turn in the repair line in the caring hands of the folks at Sunset Volkswagen. Anger and frustration filled my head as I finished the drive home that night. Who was to blame? Ah, the City of Steubenville. How was I going to get even? Someone will surely pay!!! In a complete turnabout the next morning, I decided that I would give the city the benefit of the doubt.
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Preparing for rain
 Mike Mathison |
Oops!Mon, November 16, 2009 @ 12:29PM You will see a pretty good little story today in my column about Cleveland Browns standout Josh Cribbs. In the column I basically said he played for two colleges -- Akron and the Golden Flashes. Akron is the Zips and Kent State is the Golden Flashes. Cribbs played quarterback at Kent State. My bad and I apologize. It is, though, a really good story about a guy who honored a commitment and did so rather quietly. He wanted to honor his former coach at Kent State, Mike Drake, who died of cancer in 2005 by walking his son, Michael, at Senior Night on Oct. 30 at Stow High School. Michael had no idea it was being done and was rather shocked when he saw Cribbs there. Wwhen Michael crossed the field the announcer introduced the trio accompanying him as 'mother Patty, sister Abby and brother Josh.' Way coo.
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