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The excitement is gone

March 15, 2010

I always loved Pontiacs, though Iáve owned nothing but Chrysler products. Maybe it was because one of the first complete phrases my family remembers me saying was "Wide-Track, Pontiac Tempest." Maybe it was Jim Garner as Jim Rockford chasing people around in that perfect bronze-colored Firebird in the 1970s. Or Richard Petty racing that STP-colored Grand Prix after he left Dodge and Plymouth, back when stock car racing involved cars that at least looked like real cars driven by real men. Could have been that 6000STE that The Boss and I couldn't really afford and thus didnát buy when we first tried "shopping up" for a car 23 or so years ago. I always loved Pontiacs enough that, should I ever leave Chrysler, I figured I'd go Pontiac shopping. That plan is dead. There are no Bonnevilles, Catalinas, Trans Ams, Firebirds or Grands Prix. GM/Obama Motors/Congressional Transport Co. killed the bran.

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Shrine Club plans bus trip, dinner

March 15, 2010

The Steubenville Shrine Club is sponsoring a bus trip to the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh Saturday and will hold its monthly dinner from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Aladdin Land.

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No thank you, I'm not interested

March 14, 2010

Are you a Japanese woman who was hit by a car belonging to your employer, causing you to have to get surgery to repair the damage? Now you’ve moved back to Japan and plan to sue your former bos.

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Big Ben an embarrassment

March 14, 2010

If the Rooneys aren’t questioning the $102 million investment they’ve got in Ben Roethlisberger, they need to realize at least one fan is questioning his investment in hundreds of dollars worth of keychains, T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, hats,...

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We bid a fond farewell to ‘Uncle Louie’

March 14, 2010

“Hey, Kiaski!”

I’ll probably always be able to look from my kitchen window and picture Uncle Louie standing next door on the back porch, about to pinch a bit of chew from a tobacco pouch before he once again summoned Better Half in his...

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Escapades of Ozzie keep McCoys amused

March 14, 2010

Ozzie, our newest family member, namely a Jack Russell terrier, proved to be quite the hunter when Kathy Dombroski was at our house and took him outside for a potty break during our movie night last week.

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