Yes, I am super excited about the firm trip to Las Vegas! I’ve always wanted to have the Vegas experience.  I, along with Jeanne Dedo and her husband, have booked a helicopter flight to the Grand Canyon!  That has been something else I have always wanted to do – see the Grand Canyon.  I really didn’t want to use up…[...]

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The world and our country are changing. Some of those changes may be welcome, and some of them not so much, but many of them are beyond our power, here in West Virginia, to control. The choices we face are not about whether change is coming, but whether we will capitalize on new circumstances, or simply sit still. Last year,…[...]

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I was lucky to have been invited to the family/friends preview showing of Charlotte’s Web on Thursday, January 28,2016. Charlotte’s Web is currently being performed at Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre.  Let me start out by saying this was absolutely wonderful from beginning to end. Everyone knows the tale of Charlotte’s Web where Charlotte (the spider) and Wilbur (the pig) become…[...]

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If you don’t have a garage or a remote starter, you need to let your vehicle run for a while to warm up and defrost the windows. So, sometimes when it is really cold and icy, it makes sense to go back in the house to wait and stay warm. In some states, the police refer to this practice as…[...]

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Many of you who regularly read our blogs may know that over the course of the last year and a half, due to the encouragement of my daughter, Aleigha, I have done some acting at the Towngate Theatre. We have experienced what many mother-daughter duos never have the opportunity to enjoy together.  We have acted in the same theatrical presentations,…[...]

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I woke up one recent morning to hear that the Buffalo Bills had announced the hiring of the first female coach for their special teams. This comes on the heels of having our first female referee in the league. What a huge step for the Bills to take.  It shows people around the world that women can know as much…[...]

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As I am sure most people reading this are aware, there was an intense and physical football game recently played between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals. Pittsburgh’s star receiver, Antonio Brown, was ruled out against the Denver Broncos due to a vicious hit he took from a Cincinnati player named Vontaze Burfict.  Burfict is the same player who the…[...]

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From age five, sports were basically my life. If I wasn’t playing basketball, kickball or running bases outside with the kids who lived on my street, you would find me in a gym practicing. I grew up around my older sisters playing numerous sports and with a dad who was a sports fanatic. I played in so many organizations that…[...]

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It takes a lot to get me to the movie theater these days. One thing that will always do the trick, though, is a new James Bond movie.  I’ve always been a big fan of the 007 franchise, and the character of James Bond has to be one of the most intriguing and enduring characters in cinematic history.  Every so…[...]

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In college I majored in English literature and, as a result, I own a lot of books. Each time I’ve moved in the 10 years since I graduated, I’ve gone through the extended and exhausting process of packing and unpacking several bookcases’ worth of books. I don’t necessarily treat them all that well – I’ve always been likely to make…[...]

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