Please take a minute to peruse the “Central Blood Bank” notice that I received in the mail recently.  Check and see if you are available to donate blood at the above blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 20, at the Spring Hill Suites located at 908 National Road, Wheeling, W.Va. in the ground floor conference…[...]

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I spent the 4th of July this year with my wife and friends in Denver. My wife, Linda, and I had attended the Cherry Creek Arts Festival during the day, which has become a part of our routine for the last four or five years, and were invited by our good friends, Janna and Alby Scudiere from Morgantown, to spend…[...]

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Baltimore is turning to the federal government for help in stemming a dramatic uptick in violence over the last several months. Ten federal agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Marshals Service will embed with the police department's homicide unit for the…[...]

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I was channel surfing a few days ago, noticing that I had hundreds of shows to choose from but, honestly, nothing that seemed worth watching.  For a moment or two, my mind swept back to simpler times… When I was growing up in the ‘70s there were only 12 television channels.  But don’t be deceived.  That didn’t mean you had…[...]

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The answer is the only protection that children and their parents have to protect children from unsafe toys is the American lawyer working through the Civil Justice System. Most parents are aware of many of the problems that are readily apparent to children such as choking hazards, lead hazards, small items, such as children’s jewelry, toys that can easily be…[...]

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You would think as we grow older and have jobs out in the big bad world that the acts of bullying behavior would stop, right? Wrong. Bullies are not only the kids out on the playground and in our schools who push children around, call them names, steal their lunch money, talk badly about others and say things that can…[...]

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In other blogs I have addressed children’s issues, but on the other end of the spectrum, there are problems that are unique to our senior citizens with respect to chemical restraints, neglect, abuse, deaths, insurance denials, forced arbitration and scams. Many of you reading this are probably unaware that the use of chemical restraints—that is, drugs— used to subdue or…[...]

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It’s that time of year again, time for the Mahrajan, a festival hosted annually at Oglebay’s Site 1 by Our Lady of Lebanon Church. This year, the festival will take place on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, beginning with a Maronite Catholic mass at 10:30, followed by food, music, games and various activities starting at noon and lasting throughout the afternoon. …[...]

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As some of you who are reading know, our law firm, for the first time, has a suite at the Pittsburgh Pirates games. As a result, we have been entertaining some of our family and friends and hope to be able to entertain a number of others in the very near future. Having a suite means that I have been…[...]

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Dear Jenn, Currently you are 16 years old, without a care in the world. Well news flash, please start being a tad more responsible when it comes to…basically everything, because the real world is not anything like mom and dad’s house. There are a few things I want you to realize now, and they will make your life so much…[...]

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