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MITCH CASEY The Marietta Times
Angie Seevers, a kennel technician with the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley, gets a big kiss as she completes her feeding rounds Thursday at the shelter.
May 16, 2008
There was jubilation—cheers, hoots and hollers—Thursday morning at the Humane Society of the Ohio Valley on Mount Tom Road just outside of Marietta.
Staff learned the shelter was named one of three finalists for a $1 million shelter makeover contest, sponsored by Zootoo.com.
Final word comes Wednesday on “The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet,” which airs at 9 a.m. on Fox Parkersburg, channel 14.
“I was so excited!” Angie Seevers, a shelter employee, said.
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Grads assess job outlook
May 16, 2008
A dozen years of suffering with an elusive and debilitating condition called fibromyalgia didn’t stop Cindy Lincoln from realizing her dream of graduating from college.
Now it’s time to begin a career.
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Commissioners say county can’t afford to comply with state accessibility laws
May 16, 2008
Two Washington County commissioners said Thursday they will not move to make polling places in the county more compliant with accessibility standards in the Ohio Revised Code until they are fined or cited by the secretary of state.
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Memories of Marietta College
May 16, 2008
Only a few weeks after leaving home, Marietta College freshman Molly Chievitz found herself canoeing down the middle of Second Street, with the belongings in her dorm room piled high atop bunk beds to avoid rising waters.
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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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