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Safety day
Morning Journal/Aaron Rudolph
May 14, 2008
Isaac Guy, 10, (above) helps place posters on the tables during the 4-H Health and Safety Day/Demonstration Day at the county Career and Technical Center in Lisbon Tuesday.
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Elections board considers new paper supplier to avoid delays
May 14, 2008
LISBON —The Columbiana County elections board is taking steps to prevent a repeat of the March primary election when voters were late receiving absentee ballots.
On Tuesday, the board met with Bill Glaros, a sales representative for City
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School effort builds
May 14, 2008
COLUMBIANA — The Board of Education has committed to the plan to seek design and funding for a new K-8 school, and has acquired a new ally in the quest for voter funding.
James King, who also serves on City Council, will be heading up the
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Latest audit covers old ground on health chief
May 14, 2008
LISBON — The $681 in new findings for recovery issued against Columbiana County Health Commissioner Robert Morehead are already covered in the criminal charges filed against him.
The Ohio Auditor’s Office on Tuesday issued th
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Pizza? Let's eat!
Mon, May 12, 2008 @ 7:07PM
I have to wonder about the fate of the Papa John's marketing executive that came up with the 23-cent pizza idea. For those that actually got their pizzas while braving super long lines, I'm sure the apology went over well, for the most part. But, if you step back and look at what chaos the media stunt created it might be viewed as a disaster. Judging by the newscasts that night from all over the state, I don't think anyone really came off well – especially the customers. In the Youngstown area, the news broadcasts showed people banging on the windows of a store after the place ran out of food. Others demanded vouchers and refused to leave until they got some. One has to wonder if it was even worth the trouble to wait two or three hours for the food. After all, time is money. TEAM USA, NOT SO GOOD: On Wednesday of last week, Virginia Tech's softball team beat the United States nationa
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Final Days
Wed, May 14, 2008 @ 0:26AM
If I was feeling nostalgic with my last blog, fondly recalling shopping at Hills Department Store, with this entry, I feel a bit sad. Like I said before, my connection with retail stores goes back to my early childhood. Each time a store closes, or a chain goes out of business I feel a little somber. But sometimes a store holds particular happy memories. One such store is a Marcs location in University Heights in Cleveland, Ohio. Since I live in Downtown Warren, Ohio (and make the fun-filled hour-long trek to Downtown Lisbon five times a week) when I go shopping, I often frequent Cleveland. Over the years, as I grew to love the Marcs chain, I visited every one that I ran across. There is a Marcs location on Cedar Road in Cleveland that was quite a bit different from the others. It has a definite inner-city feel, and has two entrances one at the front, and one at the back of its plaza. The closeouts there always seemed to be different as well. In any event, I hav
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"Speed, you musn't enter the race!"
Tue, May 13, 2008 @ 7:56PM
Friday night I went to see Speed Racer. The theater was not full. I am a fan of the original cartoon, so I had to go see the movie. I enjoyed it very much it stayed true to the cartoon in nearly every sense possible. The movie did not do well in the box office for a number of reasons. First, Speed Racer entered the race against Iron Man. Iron Man is a huge success and the anticipation of the release of the new Indiana Jones and Narnia movies overshadow the much more obscure Speed Racer. With ticket prices skyrocketing, people will choose to see a movie that they know they will like rather than take a chance on something that is different. This movie also suffers from the same problem that the now classic Dark Crystal suffered from. It lacks a broad audience, and is marketed solely as a kids movie. The main people that would appreciate the style of the movie are fans of the original. The movie is marketed mostly for preteens. Most fans of the original probably don't hav
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NASCAR Commercials Showing A Lighter Side
Tue, May 13, 2008 @ 7:52PM
When it comes to the racing world the side the drivers show the most tends to be their worst side. After a wreck, tempers flair, equipment and punches are thrown, and some choice words are said. However, it seems like off the track, most drivers have a completely different side. Lately, it seems like the advertisers have taken note to this fact, and have gone for a different angle in their commercials - parody. These commercials are clearly aimed at the qualities/faults drivers have shown while on the track and are seemingly telling the super intense fans to lighten up a bit - after all, their driver clearly has. These are just a few examples of commercials that have run recently or are still currently running and the things they attempt to poke fun at: Juan Pablo Montoya’s Big Red and Juicy Fruit commercials clearly are meant to poke fun at his “bad boy image” and aggressiveness when he says, saying “No one tells Juan Pablo Montoya how to race and no one tells
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