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Keeping the home fires burning

March 14, 2010

With his wife traveling quite a bit for her duties as a reservist with the 910th Airlift Wing at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna, Bill Davis of Boardman got used to her sometimes being absent for the weekend or for up to two weeks at a time. So when Senior Master Sgt. Loretta Davis deployed to Iraq in January of 2008, he felt somewhat prepared for the months ahead. Even so, there were parts of suddenly being solely responsible for two kids, ages 5 and 12, and a new home that Bill Davis hadn’t expected. “I’ve got kids to talk to, but there’s no real adult around,” he said, explaining that the time between the kids’ bedtime and his was hard. “Those are the times you really feel it.” Another unexpected problem occurred when Bill tried to take care of bills and accounts that were in Loretta’s name. Some companies wouldn’t even let him pay bills that weren’t in his name. “It was a pain,” he said. “Things like that you don’t think about.

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Clearly making a difference

March 7, 2010

From the get-go, teacher Ben Legow felt something wasn’t quite right.

His students — children at a small public school in Kyrgyzstan — weren’t participating in class the way he thought they should.

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Taking the good news in the best way possible

March 7, 2010

In the line of work that we do, it is very easy to get caught up in all the bad things that we see and hear every day. I sometimes find myself watching the news and reading the stories about crime and violence, and it begins to weigh on me.

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DRIVING BLIND

February 28, 2010

The data is telling, and the legislation is pending, but are drivers getting the message?

According to a study done by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, the risk of crash while text messaging is 23.

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Being a ‘fan’ has different meaning on Facebook

February 28, 2010

So, at the end of my last column, I stated that I was starting a Facebook group called “It’s Not Valentine’s Day, It’s Singles Awareness Day.”

One of my editors thought it would be a great idea.

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Rays of risk?

February 14, 2010

Karen Carlson of Cortland doesn’t like tan lines from socks or shorts.

So to avoid this, she tans between the months of March and July.

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