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Success Story
Wednesday, January 05, 2005Hometown Diva Thrives on Busy ScheduleFrom Boardman to Broadway, Maureen McGovern shows no signs of slowing down.By Dan O'BrienAsk singer Maureen McGovern what genre she prefers -- Broadway? Off-Broadway? Jazz? Blues? American standards? Drama? Comedy? -- and you get an immediate answer."I'm very happy doing it all," she responds. Today, she's doing just that. In a career in show business that's spanned more than 30 years, McGovern has earned international acclaim as a vocalist and performer.
Points of View
Wednesday, January 05, 2005A Doctor in the HouseFox Network develops a quality drama.The Fox TV network is finally doing the right thing with one of its new shows, House, scheduled to run at 9 p.m. Tuesdays. Its premier was delayed by Fox carrying Major League Baseball playoffs.After glimpsing the competition -- Hairspray Donald, cartoon characters eating larvae, and all the descendants of the cast from Lost in Space dumped into Purgatory -- some Fox executive must have realized his network had a sleeper on its hands with House.
Media Scope
Wednesday, January 05, 2005Catherine Bosley Sues WFMJ, Andrews CycleAsk Richard Haehn, the owner of Andrews Cycles in Salem, his response to the lawsuit filed Dec. 23 against him and his company by Catherine Bosley and you'll hear him unload. "It's a deep-pockets money grab. That's all it is," Haehn declares. "It's beyond me how an exhibitionist can go to Florida, enter a wet T-shirt contest, strut naked in front of a couple hundred people -- many of them with cameras -- and we get sued.
Local.com
Wednesday, January 05, 2005Keeping Voters in 'Sites'When it comes to politics, I freely admit to standing on the outside and rarely looking in. For weeks before a major election, I hit the bookshelves instead of turning on the TV amid the endless barrage of political ads.Web sites, though, are another story; many politicians have excellent sites where constituents can obtain helpful information -- and that includes some who serve the five-county region (whether or not they got my vote).One of my favorites is that of Phil English, the U.S. representative from Pennsylvania's 3rd District.
Journal Opinion
Wednesday, January 05, 2005On Watchdogs, Then ... And Now"Any public official has an obligation to perform and if they don't perform, the media has an obligation to expose them. ... Where were the watchdogs? It's important that people be made aware that this type of thing existed and spend more time monitoring their public officials and seeing what they're doing and what they're not doing." George McKelvey, Mahoning County treasurer, 1990"...
Points of View
Tuesday, January 04, 2005"A Doctor in the HouseFox Network develops a quality drama.The Fox TV network is finally doing the right thing with one of its new shows, House, scheduled to run at 9 p.m. Tuesdays. Its premier was delayed by Fox carrying Major League Baseball playoffs.After glimpsing the competition -- Hairspray Donald, cartoon characters eating larvae, and all the descendants of the cast from Lost in Space dumped into Purgatory -- some Fox executive must have realized his network had a sleeper on its hands with House.
Journal Opinion
Tuesday, January 04, 2005"On Watchdogs, Then ... And Now"Any public official has an obligation to perform and if they don't perform, the media has an obligation to expose them. ... Where were the watchdogs? It's important that people be made aware that this type of thing existed and spend more time monitoring their public officials and seeing what they're doing and what they're not doing." -- George McKelvey, Mahoning County treasurer, 1990"...
Success Story
Tuesday, January 04, 2005"Hometown Diva Thrives on Busy ScheduleFrom Boardman to Broadway, Maureen McGovern shows no signs of slowing down.By Dan O'BrienAsk singer Maureen McGovern what genre she prefers -- Broadway? Off-Broadway? Jazz? Blues? American standards? Drama? Comedy? -- and you get an immediate answer."I'm very happy doing it all," she responds. Today, she's doing just that. In a career in show business that's spanned more than 30 years, McGovern has earned international acclaim as a vocalist and performer.
Paper Names Former City Official Implicated in Scheme
Tuesday, January 04, 2005"WARREN, Ohio -- This morning's edition of the Tribune Chronicle names the former Warren city official implicated in an alleged fraud scheme involving a former Ohio Edison executive. David Robison, who was the city's director of engineering, planning and zoning, reportedly had his golf clubs stolen from the city-owned Avalon South Golf Course in the summer of 1999 -- an incident that was the genesis of the fraud scheme that yesterday resulted in Gregory S. Petrasek being charged with mail fraud.
"Air Base, China's Emerging Economy Top Ryan's Agenda"
Tuesday, January 04, 2005"By George NelsonThe fate of the Youngstown Air Reserve Station remains his top priority, but U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan says one of the key issues of his next term -- and he hopes, for his fellow Democrats -- is dealing with China's emerging economy.Ryan, D-17th Ohio, began his second term yesterday in the House of Representatives. "It's a two-year contract, no signing bonus," quipped the former high school basketball and football player.