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There are ways to save on vacations

July 8, 2008

While you’re reading this information I discovered on the Associated Press wire, I’ll probably be on a plane flying across the country en route to Phoenix and other destinations. I know vacationing is going to be a tough call this year, deciding between filling up your tank or buying a plane ticket or just paying your bills and feeding your family. So I thought I would leave you some ideas for ways to have your vacation and eat, too. I hope they help. I’ll try to keep in touch. I’ve promised my editor I’ll send some columns if I go some place really neat. In the meantime, here are some ideas for you. You could take a short cruise that departs from a port you can drive to, vacation in your own city, go camping in a state park or head to a nearby theme park. These are just a few of the 18 ideas for summer vacations for well under $800 in the June 15 issue of the TravelSmart newsletter. For vacationing in your own city or a nearby urban center, the newsletter points out that ma

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Rally for a Cure Wednesday at SCC

July 7, 2008

Plans are complete for the Women’s Golf Association of Steubenville Country Club Rally for the Cure event, a breast cancer awareness campaign that is the nation’s largest grassroots women’s golf program.

The rally mission has been to emp

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‘Saturday Night Fever’ hits ‘78 reunion

July 7, 2008

Why is it that whenever I do things on the spur of the moment I always seem to have the most fun?

That’s what happened this past weekend when one of my best friends from high school — Rose Tomich Blevins — invited me to go with her to her

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Remembering get-picked rhymes of childhood

July 6, 2008

It wasn’t the typical response I normally get when I answer the phone and say “hello.”

But then my brother Jay, who was on the other end of the line, is not normal. (It runs in our family.)

He waived the need for any tradition

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Murphy’s Law interferes with the best laid plans

July 6, 2008

I’m sure readers will know what can happen with the best laid plans. They can blow up in your face.

Last week, I made a promise to be home more often for Ozzie, the grandpuppy we are babysitting for Darin and Missy.

Like Murph

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Newspapers archived on microfilm

July 6, 2008

On Oct. 16, 1950, a new collection was started at our library that has continued to grow in the nearly 60 years that have passed.

Newspapers on microfilm were introduced to the library.

The Steubenville Herald-Star back to its

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