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Warren students pitch in
MITCH CASEY The Marietta Times
As volunteer Howard Wolfe, front, cleans a stone, Warren High School students Courtney Strahler, left, Devan Anderson and Levi Strauss record data off other weathered and damaged tombstones Wednesday at Houghland Cemetery near Barlow. A restoration of the 200-year-old cemetery is being done and the students pitched in doing community service Wednesday as part of the school's third annual Community Day.
May 15, 2008
For the third year of Warren High School’s Community Service Day, a group of students took their sprucing-up skills to a part of their community they never even knew existed.
Among the 47 sites in Washington County where more than 650 students donated a day’s worth of time and labor Wednesday was Houghland Cemetery near Barlow, a burial site that began to be used soon after 1800 and is now out of sight, about 400 feet behind Lighthouse Baptist Church on a wooded trail.
“I don’t think any of the students knew this was here,” said Warren senior Alyssa Konz, 18.
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Dann quits; area reps glad
May 15, 2008
Area lawmakers welcomed embattled Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann’s resignation Wednesday.
¯ “I’m glad that Marc Dann did the right thing today and removed himself from office,” said state Rep.
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Teen gets 9 years in prison for attack
May 15, 2008
Watching from the courtroom as his attacker was sentenced to nine years in prison Wednesday, an elderly Marietta man leaned over to his daughter and whispered, “Good.” As far as Homer Lee is concerned, that’s one down and one to go.
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City reviews judgment on housing muni court
May 15, 2008
Marietta’s mayor and City Council have 45 days to respond to a lawsuit judgment filed May 8 by the 4th District Court of Appeals, requiring the city to provide adequate municipal court facilities.
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Put me in coach ...
Thu, May 1, 2008 @ 2:34PM
With the 2008 Marietta Bantam League season in full swing it's nice to see all those fields filled with young ballplayers. The sight takes me back to the days when our two children were young enough to play ball. Lots of memories from those days. Like teaching first-year tee-ball players to run to first, not third, when you hit the ball. I remember watching the other team hit a ball to left field and my left fielder was no where to be found. He decided the pile of sand about 30 away from the left field line was more inviting that standing out ON the field waiting for a ball to he hit to him. Then there was the time the entire team ran after a fly ball to right field. The right fielder was lost in a sea of teammates. Problem is, no one caught the ball, or picked it up as the batter rounded third and headed for home. I remember with my daughter's tee-ball team. So, she wouldn't feel alone on a team with all boys, I drafted every girl who signed up - a total of four I think.
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What Happens in Romantic Comedies...
Thu, May 15, 2008 @ 11:41AM
... stays in the genre's most recent entry, “What Happens in Vegas.” Starring Cameron Diaz (“The Holiday”) and Ashton Kutcher (“The Guardian”) as two New Yorkers who meet in Las Vegas and wake up married, the movie hits all the notes you would expect. • Attractive people that don't like each other yet share a mutual attraction? Check. • A crass, annoying guy friend? Check. • A spunky, supportive gal friend? Check. • Love, hate, scheme, hate, scheme, hate, detente, misunderstanding... Check. If you can't already envision most of the movie from the preceding synopsis, watch a trailer and it will fill in a lot of the blanks. Most of the laughs in the movie are the things from the trailer that made me laugh and want to see it in the first place. And yet... I liked it.
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Making headlines
Wed, May 7, 2008 @ 9:35AM
I first met Marc Dann more than 15 years ago. His wife Alyssa and I worked together as reporters and at the time, he had a budding law practice in Youngstown. I didn’t know Marc well, but I remember he liked to take the cases that made headlines. The more sensational the better. Now, Dann is making headlines for all the wrong reasons, and I have to wonder what toll the news of his affair is taking on his wife Alyssa and their children. Alyssa and I were close a long time ago. We’ve maintained a distant relationship but I certainly haven’t talked to her since the scandal at the attorney general’s office exploded in such a public and detailed way. I don’t expect to talk with her. Still, I find myself thinking about her a lot this week. I find myself thinking about our friend Ed Simpson, too. Ed was our editor at the Tribune Chronicle in Warren where Alyssa and I worked as reporters.
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Double trouble
Sat, May 10, 2008 @ 12:23PM
And just when I thought life as a parent couldn't get anymore exciting, this weekend I had the unique opportunity to experience what it means to be a single parent of twins! On Mother's Day weekend no less. Only briefly, mind you, did I have two toddlers to take care of by myself but it was interesting to say the least. My sister and her husband decided to take a mini vacation and my mother kept their son for the 4 or 5 days they were going to be gone. On Friday night, mom and my nephew came home from Columbus and we attempted to go out to dinner. I was anticipating screaming and throwing of food but then I remembered ... our kids are awesome. It helped that we went to one of those buffets where they have absolutely everything, the kids ate free and it was noisy anyway so a little toddler babble didn't matter. The kids were pretty well-behaved despite my daughter, who has graduated to the big chair, trying to get down repeatedly.
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Take a free flight over Marietta
Sat, May 3, 2008 @ 7:44AM
Google is offering free flights over Marietta. No, the popular search engine has gone completely mad. The flights are not real, they are virtual. Google Earth, a free application available for Macs and PC, provides stunning views of Marietta and the rest of the planet. Google Earth is a remarkable project that takes thousands of photos from aerial photos from around the world and merges them to become one planet. This allows the users to literally fly from global view to a street level one in a few seconds. The program is loaded with features that add to the user experience. A user can add landmarks to the images for instance, you can overlay the current weather on the globe, obscuring areas until you “fly” below the clouds, you can even add terrain to the globe. Terrain puts hill and valleys where they belong allowing the user to dip into the Grand Canyon or explore the rim of a volcano.
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