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Patience in short supply these days

Burton Cole column

Remember waiting six to eight weeks for delivery? And the weeks you invested in eating enough cereal that you didn’t like to collect the required number of box tops? Now all a kid has to do is pop open Amazon or some other shopping link and the prize that used to come in the mail will be delivered to your front door tomorrow. What we’ve gained in speed we’ve lost in patience. When I was a kid, we had to snap the TV on five minutes before the show started. The TV needed a couple minutes to warm up before we could begin to adjust the vertical and horizontal holds. We were ...

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BRISTOL WORSHIP: Several Bristol churches will be coming together for a special service at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Bristol Township Center off Route 45 and 88. There will be a program on the history of the different churches and a morning worship service. FALL EXQUINOX: Unity Spiritual Centre, 1226 Naylor-Lloyd Road, Liberty, will host a fall equinox drumming circle 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Centre. A bonfire is planned, weather permitting. Otherwise, the event will be inside. The circle will be led by Dan Susany, a local drummer, who has led regional drumming events since 1997. ...

Youngstown native wins an Emmy for ‘Beef’

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Sean O’Malley has no “Beef” with this year’s Emmy Awards. The Youngstown native and 1998 Ursuline High School graduate won his first Emmy for outstanding sound mixing at the Creative Arts Emmys ceremony Sept. 6 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles for his work on the Netflix limited series “Beef.” During his lunch break Wednesday on the set of “I Love LA,” the HBO series shooting its second season, O’Malley talked about the win. “It’s actually my third time being nominated, so I felt a little bit more at ease than the last two because I’ve never won. So I ...

It’s time to slow down and take a deep breath

Lisa Resnick Column

Have you ever found yourself thinking, “Breathe”? Not because you just finished a run or were trying to calm yourself before speaking in front of a room, but simply because, somewhere along the way, you realized you had stopped taking full breaths. It fascinates me how often we’re taught to breathe intentionally. If you’ve ever practiced yoga, your instructor reminds you constantly that your breath is just as important as the movement itself. If you’ve learned to swim, breathing becomes part of the lesson. Meditation teaches us breathing patterns that help settle our ...

Nelly Covelli show postponed

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Nelly won’t be heating up the Covelli Centre until December. Sunday’s concert at the Youngstown arena is postponed due to “unforeseen circumstances,” according to venue operator JAC Management. The new date is Dec. 11. All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date. For those unable to attend in December, refunds will be available through the original point of purchase until Oct. 10.

Speaker discusses Jewish fall festivals

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YOUNGSTOWN — The season of autumn is a time of transition from the warm, sunny days of summer to the cold and snow in the winter. This in-between time was the topic of Mark Kholos’ talk on the Jewish fall festivals Sept. 1 at St. Columba Parish Hall. Kholos is a Messianic Jew — a ...