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All eyes on Elton
Brenda Barton of Warren on Thursday afternoon talks to Covelli Centre box office worker Jackie Taylor of Youngstown about seating for the May 1 Elton John concert. Tickets go on sale today. To see or purchase these and other photos, visit cu.tribtoday.com.
March 12, 2010
Several fans came early to camp out overnight for tickets to the May 1 Elton John show.
Despite their early arrival, they will be fighting Mahoning Valley Elton John fans who are near a computer when the tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. today.
‘‘We’re stressing online versus in-line,’’ said Bridget Wolsonovich, director of marketing for the Covelli Centre.
Stephen Egry arrived at the Covelli Centre at 4 p.m. Thursday, determined to be the first in line for tickets to see Sir Elton John.
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Plea deal in animal abuse case
March 12, 2010
BROOKFIELD — A Gustavus woman will serve five years probation, pay a $100 fine and $2,500 in restitution to the county’s Animal Welfare League after she was found guilty Thursday of a second-degree misdemeanor of animal cruelty in...
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Delphi to help Warren with vacant plants
March 12, 2010
WARREN — The city has received assurance from Delphi leaders in Detroit that they will help secure some of their abandoned plants in the city limits, Mayor Michael J. O’Brien said Thursday.
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Mathews boy claims assault
March 12, 2010
VIENNA — A 14-year-old Mathews High School boy said he was assaulted by an 18-year-old student at school.
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Seed starting
Wed, March 3, 2010 @ 7:52AM
It’s time to start the seeds. Last weekend, I did just that, and started several cool weather crops in the small greenhouse raised bed. As of now, we haven’t yet turned on the heat in the greenhouse, so seeds of lettuce, spinach, radishes and beets are currently hiding beneath a shade cloth (for warmth). I haven’t gone out to look at them all week, but am waiting for the weekend, when daytime temperatures outdoors are supposed to rise out of the freezing zone and the sun is expected to heat up the greenhouse. I’ve never done this before. I’ve read of others, mostly commercial farmers with portable hoop houses, who have continuous plantings year-round, even in the dead of winter when there is more than a foot of snow outside the hoop house door. I’m hoping to get the same effect with the greenhouse this year and will be posting photos as soon as I see germination. I wish the greenhouse bed was larger.
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Patrol presence
Tue, March 9, 2010 @ 4:16PM
Are things looking up for the Warren police department? The chronically short staffed department gets back a couple of officers recently and will have some patrol partners in the DEA and Adult Parole Authority when they start their Weed & Seed this spring. Additionally, this weekend's warrant sweep, even though it was countywide, made quite an impact in the city with over 50 people either being arrested or turning themselves in and paying their court costs (it reminds me of former YPD Chief Bob Bush, who was a big proponent of making arrests on small charges and traffic offenses. His reasoning was that most bad guys start off small and then either commit more serious crimes or are victims of more serious crimes themselves, so having them off the streets was a blessing. YPD executed the policy with such zeal, however, that it ultimately led to federal oversight of the Mahoning County Jail because of so many people being put inside).
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Golub docu-comedy set for DVD debut
Mon, March 8, 2010 @ 4:41PM
Comedian Bob Golub checked in recently to say he has a DVD distributor for his docu-comedy "Dodo." The movie evolved out of the one-man show created by the Sharon, Pa., native about his father, an alcoholic one-eye roofer nicknamed "Dodo." Golub's father physically abused his wife and was an emotionally distant parent. He showed his love for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pirates more than he did for his children, who grew up to become everything from businessmen to career criminals and drug addicts. Golub, who did a stint in prison for selling drugs before finding his calling in performing, exposes his own emotional scars from childhood and talks about trying to break the cycle as a parent of three young sons. Golub said the movie, which he screened in 2007 at the old Funny Farm Comedy Club in Liberty, will be released next month by the independent distributor Celebrity Video.
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Quarterback dealings
Thu, March 11, 2010 @ 12:21PM
The next move at quarterback for the Browns could be the addition of Jake Delhomme, who was recently waived by the Carolina Panthers. If the Browns sign Delhomme, it could be the beginning of the end for Brady Quinn in Cleveland. There have been reports stating that the Browns would be willing to move Quinn, but they haven't initiated any trade talks. Delhomme had some big seasons with the Panthers, but last year wasn't one of them. He started 11 games before going down with an injury. He threw eight touchdown passes and was intercepted 18 times. Delhomme's best seasons were in 2004 and 2005. He threw 29 touchdown passes and 15 interceptions in '04, and he followed that by throwing 24 touchdown passes with 16 interceptions in '05. The Browns have to decide if Delhomme is worth the risk at age 35.
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Best picture (in the Valley) nominees
Sun, March 7, 2010 @ 1:24AM
Rick Muccio cartoon for March 7, 201...
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The Cowboy Way
Mon, March 1, 2010 @ 10:57AM
I wasn't sure it was possible, but could it be a lot of us actually underestimated how good Desmar Jackson was when he as playing basketball at Warren G. Harding High School? Maybe it was because Jackson made everything look so easy. Jackson is beginning to do the same thing at the University of Wyoming, where he has played his way into the Cowboys' starting five and has become their go-to guy of late. On Feb. 20, Jackson established a career-high by scoring 26 points in a loss to BYU. That number lasted only a week. This past Saturday, the freshman guard scored 31 points in a loss to Utah. Jackson was 13-of-18 from the floor and made all four of his free-throw attempts. I know Jackson wasn't named Ohio's Mr. Basketball as a senior at Harding last season. And although he played extremely well in the Raiders' state semifinal loss to Columbus Northland, the defeat and the play of the opposing team's big men seemed to overshadow his performance.
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Rotary breakfast attendance was up
Wed, March 3, 2010 @ 4:02PM
The results are in from the Rotary Club of Warren's annual breakfast and bake sale held this past Sunday. The following statistics were announced during the weekly Rotary meeting held at noon today at Sunrise Inn: -- Attendance was up compared with last year, by about 50, to 410 breakfasts sold. At $5 each, that's not bad. -- As part of the annual event, Rotarians sold 1-pound bags of Dunkin Donuts coffee. Through a special arrangement with Dunkin Donuts, for each $8 bag of coffee sold the Rotary Club got to keep $4. There were 241 bags of coffee sold. -- There also was a bake sale. Rotarians raised $289 with that work. The breakfast and bake sale occurs each February from at the Lincoln K-8 School, 2253 Atlantic Street, in Warren. The breakfasts are prepared and served by Rotarians and students in the Warren G. Harding High School Interact Club. The breakfasts featured pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruit cocktail, coffee, milk, orange juice and a bake sale.
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