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Girard seeks ways to spruce up downtown
Tribune Chronicle / Raymond L. Smith
Flowers & Alternatives opened on Liberty Street in Girard in 2000. Paula Pecorelli, second from left, moved the store from McDonald hoping to draw more customers. Standing with her, from left, are Steve Pecorelli, Lisa Pecorelli and Sharon Moore.
May 12, 2008
GIRARD — When Paula Pecorelli moved Flowers & Alternatives to the city, she hoped to see more foot traffic than in the two years she was in McDonald.
‘‘We certainly are getting more people coming in our store now,’’ she said. ‘‘We are hoping to expand the business from being just a florist shop to also having a small bistro that will serve everything from pastas, soups and other take out foods.’’
She is hoping the restaurant, which will be in the front of Flowers & Alternatives, 32 W. Liberty St., will draw even more customers.
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Hubbard could be model for change
May 12, 2008
Girard’s future may lie in ... Hubbard?
According to Trumbull County Planning Commission member Alan Knapp, Hubbard’s recent improvements could serve as a model for the city.
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Volunteer becomes survivor
May 12, 2008
WARREN — Abbie Cline thought she had mono. A band of different colored beads the Warren teen’s collected over the past few months tells a different story. Several stand for getting poked with a needle. One is for losing her hair.
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Making a bid on a memory
May 12, 2008
WARREN — For those who may want an old desk for a keepsake or who have pockets running deep enough to offer the winning bid for a historic drinking fountain, the contents of Warren G. Harding High School will soon be up for grabs.
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Getting enough fiber
Fri, May 9, 2008 @ 11:38AM
Part of eating healthy is making sure to get enough fiber in our diets. Processing food breaks down a lot of the fiber that naturally occurs in fresh fruits and vegetables. By the time we open a can or thaw out a package of vegetables, much of the fiber has been cooked out before it ever gets to our plate. According to MayoClinic.com, there are basically two types of dietary fiber. Soluble fiber dissolves in water into a gel-like substance and can be found in foods such as oats, peas, beans, apples, citrus fruits, carrots, barley and psyllium. This type of fiber helps to lower blood cholesterol and glucose levels. Insoluble fiber doesn’t dissolve and helps food pass through our digestive systems more quickly. This type of fiber can be found in whole-wheat flour, wheat bran, nuts and many other vegetables.
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Is the West Side still the best side?
Sat, May 10, 2008 @ 3:48PM
It wasn't hard to get the not so subtle dig earlier this week at the Youngstown Police Department awards luncheon about which side of town is starting to get busy: The West Side. The South Sdie gets the headlines, as does the East Side, and the North Side has the Weed & Seed, yet the West Side can no longer skate on its pristine reputation. At the luncheon, several officers who were given awards were lauded for actions they took on the West Side where they broke up at least two burglary rings. Those who work the beat will tell you that while the West Side is not privy to the acts of violence that strike the other parts of the city, they do get a lot of volume in terms of burglaries and drug cases. When I was a kid and lived two blocks from Meridan Road, we were always told the area below Belle Vista was bad and that we should always be careful there.
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Free Black Keys show in Cleveland Wednesday
Mon, May 5, 2008 @ 4:11PM
The last time The Black Keys played in northeast Ohio, the duo sold out a hometown show at the Akron Civic Theatre. Now the band is playing a free show at a venue about a tenth of the size. The Black Keys will perform Wednesday at the Beachland -- in the tavern, not the ballroom. That means the capacity will be less than 200 people. How do you get tickets? Here's all the information available on the Beachland's Web site: "Myspace Presents the Black Keys and Black Girls in The Beachland Tavern! Here's all the info we have, so please read this! Please don't call. Doors for the show are at 8 pm, The Music starts at 9 pm It's free, first come first serve. Don't be discouraged from coming at 8 pm, but the earlier you show up, the better your chance of getting in. We will be handing out wristbands starting at 2 pm. One wrist band person, but once you have a wrist band you can leave and come back." The Black Keys Web site is even less helpful.
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Smoking gun
Fri, May 9, 2008 @ 12:48PM
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has done many things well since replacing Paul Tagliabue, including shortening the length of the first round of the draft to less than the run time of "Gone With The Wind." Goodell, however, made a major mistake when he destroyed some of the videotapes taken by former New England Patriots employee Matt Walsh earlier this decade. It was clearly a case of sweeping a potential huge league embarrassment under the rug and hoping the controversy would go away. The trashing of the tapes has come under the spotlight again with the revelation that more tapes supplied by Walsh to the NFL have shown that the Patriots once filmed the offensive signals of the Miami Dolphins coaching staff. If it can be proven that the Patriots taped offensive signals in other games, the focus of the controversy would take on a completely different look.
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Incubator update
Tue, April 29, 2008 @ 12:14PM
Jim Cossler, director and Chief Evangelist for the Youngstown Business Incubator, has this update: Just how far the Youngstown Business Incubator has come as a center of excellence for software development really struck home for me late last week during a three-way video conference. Joining with us in Youngstown, Ohio were YBI portfolio companies Zethus Software, M-7 Technologies and our research partner Youngstown State University. Also joining us from Columbus, Ohio and Gaithersburgh, Maryland respectively were scientists from the Ohio Supercomputer Center and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Our goal? To define each partner's responsibility for developing the next generation of laser-based 3D imaging software for advanced manufacturing under our contract with the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Home-court advantage
Mon, May 12, 2008 @ 4:22AM
It's too bad the Boston Celtics have the home-court advantage in this series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Too bad for the Cavs, that is. Boston looks unbeatable at home. On the road, the Celtics can't do anything right. LeBron James finally got some help Saturday night, and even though he still didn't shoot well, the Cavaliers were much more aggressive and got the complementary contributions that were lacking in the first two games. If the Cavs can keep it going tonight, they can make this series much more interesting, much like the Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs did by winning their Game 4s against the Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Hornets, respectively, on Sunday night.
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A masterful turnaround through marketing
Fri, May 9, 2008 @ 1:47PM
Someone in marketing with the Papa John's Pizza company deserves a raise after the stunning turn of events that culminated Thursday. Papa John's got into an uncomfortable situation recently when someone at a franchise in Washington D.C. decided it would be cute to call Cleveland Cavaliers player LeBron James a crybaby, and made a T-shirt with that written on it. The problem was, they also included the Papa John's logo. To say the least, that turned out to be a public relations nightmare. This is where the clever turnaround occurred. Someone was smart enough to offer an apology in Northeast Ohio and offered 23-cent pizzas, the 23 being James' jersey number. The turnout was tremendous. The result was the pizza company ended up with front-page coverage of the events. The Tribune covered it, but we put it on the business page.
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