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1. County Engineer: Missing records from predecessor mean $300K in federal reimbursement on hold2. Poster highlights Athens’ pub scene3. Don’t lose track of the fundamental mission of the Athens Farmers Market – local food4. Escalating the war on hunger 5. Free-speech protest at market not met with vendor applause6. Youngstown voters shoot down anti-fracking ballot measure7. New local summer street bash to help feed hungry8. Glass Harp ruled NE Ohio once upon a time9. Lenders unaware of business buyer’s out-of-state drug case10. City backs statewide injection-well ban11. OU scientists make primate evolution discovery12. Athens Voice 5-13-1313. Group signs on locals to test air quality near injection wells14. Man says county making progress on chronic thievery in Rome Twp.15. Athens Voice 5-9-1316. Let Farmers Market get back to core function, local food17. Athens Voice 5-16-1318. Future of solar and wind energy on an ever-hotter planet19. Athens hosts 2nd ‘real food’ event20. Squabbling over use of OU’s Ridges nothing new
1. Athens Voice 5-13-132. Athens Voice 5-16-133. Athens Voice 5-9-134. Athens Voice 5-20-135. City backs statewide injection-well ban6. Let Farmers Market get back to core function, local food7. Local man explains his reasons for one-man protest at Market8. Friends Meeting affirms its welcome of LGBT worshippers9. Athens-based prof does his part to help rebels in his native Syria10. Incumbents, challenger to advance to general election ballot in Nov.11. Speech controversy at Market may be over, but issue sure isn’t12. New local summer street bash to help feed hungry13. Group signs on locals to test air quality near injection wells14. It’s time to get back to business at the Athens Farmers Market15. Withholding vital sex info from teens shows poor judgment, bad policy16. Gettysburg an important battle, but let’s not forget Nelsonville 17. Being able to sleep a higher priority than letting your dogs bark18. Athens hosts 2nd ‘real food’ event19. County Engineer: Missing records from predecessor mean $300K in federal reimbursement on hold20. Judge says county road vacations not ‘takings’
Ask the Advice Goddess
Ask the Advice Goddess 5-16-13
by Amy AlkonI've been with my
boyfriend for two years. I do have trust issues, having been cheated on in past
relationships. My boyfriend's best friend of six years, a beautiful and
intelligent woman, passed away three months ago. Since then, he has visited her
grave weekly and kept a photo of them together posted online.
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Ask the Advice Goddess
Ask the Advice Goddess 5-16-13
by Amy AlkonI've been with my
boyfriend for two years. I do have trust issues, having been cheated on in past
relationships. My boyfriend's best friend of six years, a beautiful and
intelligent woman, passed away three months ago. Since then, he has visited her
grave weekly and kept a photo of them together posted online.
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Ask the Advice Goddess 5-9-13
by Amy AlkonI got involved with my co-host on my Web show – a woman in an "open relationship" with her live-in boyfriend of two years. Things were light and fun between us until we developed actual feelings for each other and he got jealous and she became guilty and torn.
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Ask the Advice Goddess 5-2-13
by Amy AlkonThis woman and I were involved 13 years ago, before I met my wife, but she was married then. She got divorced and moved away. We reconnected recently on Facebook, and I discovered she's now only 20 miles away. I told her I'm happily married, and I've never cheated on my wife, but I would risk everything for her and want to meet her for an intimate encounter.
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Ask the Advice Goddess 4-25-13
by Amy AlkonI walked into my apartment and, to my horror, thought my boyfriend had been electrocuted. He was sprawled on the kitchen floor by an open electrical outlet with wires sticking out. There was a screwdriver near him, and the skin on his arm and hand was discolored.
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Ask the Advice Goddess 4-18-13
by Amy AlkonI work 9 to 5, and my girlfriend of two years is retired and pretty much free all day. I've asked that we treat dinner as our special time to reconnect and ignore incoming phone calls. Sadly, instead of embracing this request, she has resisted me with full force.
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Ask the Advice Goddess 4-11-13
by Amy AlkonI was seeing a guy for four months – a guy I liked more than I've ever liked anyone. Two months in, he was calling me his girlfriend, putting me on the phone with his mom and saying that I shouldn't look to be dating other people. Yet, I noticed that he remained on the dating website we met on and was checking in there daily.
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by Amy AlkonI'm going to propose to my girlfriend, and it seems there's this trend of doing crazy, elaborate things to ask a girl to marry you. I know I can't compete with the guys like the New York City dude I just read about who threw down $45,000 to pop the question.
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by Amy AlkonI can't talk to really pretty girls. If I'm talking to a girl I'm not that interested in or a dude, I'm golden. But if I'm attracted to a girl, my thoughts get totally scrambled. After a party, I walked this sweet, gorgeous girl to her car.
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Ask the Advice Goddess 3-14-13
by Amy AlkonI've been with my boyfriend for a year. We were best friends and talked about everything – what our kids would be like, projects we'd do together, magical worlds, and even other people we found attractive.
Help Me, Harlan!
Going bald’s a big deal for men, esp. for a single 20-year-old
By Harlan CohenHey Harlan: I'm 20 years old, and I'm already balding pretty bad. It's my hairline and the top of my head. It's getting worse, and I have a good feeling I'm going to lose a significant amount of hair by the time I'm done with college.
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Going bald’s a big deal for men, esp. for a single 20-year-oldParents fear that future college roommate will turn son gayAttention drunk-driving college students: This column’s for youPutting all into relationship leaves ex with nothingSingle man wants to be boyfriend, not just a friendHelp stop drunk driving college student from being stupidTennis tramp has no biz going to boyfriend’s ballOlder man likes younger women, but figures they won’t like himSister with problems should not be sister’s problemJumping into bed wrong way to jump into real relationship
Help Me, Harlan!
Going bald’s a big deal for men, esp. for a single 20-year-old
By Harlan CohenHey Harlan: I'm 20 years old, and I'm already balding pretty bad. It's my hairline and the top of my head. It's getting worse, and I have a good feeling I'm going to lose a significant amount of hair by the time I'm done with college.
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Parents fear that future college roommate will turn son gay
By Harlan CohenDear Harlan: I'm headed off to college in the fall. The school I will be attending has a roommate search tool, and I plan to live in the honors dorm. After a few days of waiting for a potential roommate, a student found me on Facebook.
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Attention drunk-driving college students: This column’s for you
By Harlan CohenDear Readers: Several weeks ago, I asked for your help to stop a college student from driving drunk. Thank you for the responses. The first one I've included is a handwritten letter from a convicted drunk driver serving time.
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Putting all into relationship leaves ex with nothing
By Harlan CohenDear Harlan: I can't seem to move past this girl I recently split up with. I'm someone who puts all my effort into a relationship, and she treated me like an option. I know she isn't th
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Single man wants to be boyfriend, not just a friend
By Harlan CohenDear Harlan: As a full-fledged member of the Getting Naked Experiment, I'm all about putting on my thongs and getting into more rooms. I've been on a few dates, some good, some terrible, which is to be expected.
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Help stop drunk driving college student from being stupid
By Harlan CohenDear Readers: I'm disturbed. I was recently visiting a college campus when something happened that's never happened before. Before my event, I like to have dinner with students. It was during a lighthearted dinner conversation when a student casually revealed that he often drives drunk. His tone was so casual; he could have been asking to pass the ketchup.
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Tennis tramp has no biz going to boyfriend’s ball
By Harlan CohenHey Harlan: My boyfriend goes to school in Florida and I only see him during long breaks. I haven't seen him since before Christmas. My problem is that he told me that he is going to the military ball with a girl who he says he is just friends with, but I know that she gave him oral sex on the tennis court before we started dating.
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Older man likes younger women, but figures they won’t like him
By Harlan CohenDear Harlan: I'm a 62-year-old divorced male. I've been alone for 12 years since the divorce from my wife. The older I get, the more I feel it would be nice to have a girlfriend. But there are several obstacles involved.
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Sister with problems should not be sister’s problem
By Harlan CohenDear Harlan: My relationship with my sister is strained. She always seems to have a problem, but she will never let me help her out. How can I support and help her when she won't let me? I'm getting to the place where I'm ready to give up. Help. – Sad Sibling
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Jumping into bed wrong way to jump into real relationship
By Harlan CohenDear Harlan: I'm not one to jump into bed with someone I just met. Well, the other night, I met a guy and slept with him the same night. We've gotten together a couple more times and I really like him. I know you tell people to make it easy without being easy. Is there hope? I'm sorry I was easy.
The View from Mudsock Heights
Gettysburg an important battle, but let’s not forget Nelsonville
by Dennis PowellHistory is so very interesting that any sentient being surely pauses once in awhile to wonder why we pay so little attention to it.
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Gettysburg an important battle, but let’s not forget Nelsonville Age-old sporting tradition has disappears, claiming a lifeNo matter what you say, stump water doesn’t cure wartsMosaic turns 20 – let’s celebrate how far we’ve comeOne way to fight terrorism is to stop rewarding terroristsIf we’re going to preserve the Ridges, lets do it rightNoisy, red-eyed insects are heading EastNo, I do not want a pet dinosaur; not even a little oneWith Glassworks partner gone, communities will never be the sameSerious and light reflections on selection of new Pope
The View from Mudsock Heights
Gettysburg an important battle, but let’s not forget Nelsonville
by Dennis PowellHistory is so very interesting that any sentient being surely pauses once in awhile to wonder why we pay so little attention to it.
The View from Mudsock Heights
Age-old sporting tradition has disappears, claiming a life
by Dennis PowellThere was news at the end of last week that a British sailor was killed while practicing for the America's Cup races later this summer. It caught my attention because one of the few things I've missed since I moved here is sailboat racing, and because the America's Cup used to be interesting.
The View from Mudsock Heights
No matter what you say, stump water doesn’t cure warts
by Dennis PowellWhen I was very tiny, I went one fine spring day to a construction site with my father – he was a contractor for a few years before the newspaper lured him back to reporting – and there I found and caught a small leopard frog.
The View from Mudsock Heights
Mosaic turns 20 – let’s celebrate how far we’ve come
by Dennis PowellMosaic turned 20 last week. The anniversary went largely unnoticed, but it shouldn't have, because Mosaic changed all our lives. It was the first usable graphical "browser,"
The View from Mudsock Heights
One way to fight terrorism is to stop rewarding terrorists
by Dennis PowellHave you ever heard of Kathy Boudin? No? Well, let me tell you about her. She is the child of left-wing privilege. She grew up in Greenwich Village, the daughter of lefty lawyer Leonard Boudin and the niece of Marxist theoretician Louis Boudin. She went to all the right schools and even spent a year studying abroad, in the Soviet Union.
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If we’re going to preserve the Ridges, lets do it right
by Dennis PowellTwo weeks ago, in honor of the date, I wrote what I thought was a hilarious April Fool column that, for a variety of reasons, did not get published. I'd like to take this opportunity to sa
The View from Mudsock Heights
Noisy, red-eyed insects are heading East
by Dennis PowellWhen was the last time you sat down and had a good think about cicadas? Well, like it or not you're about to do just that. For this is the year that the 17-year cicadas crawl out of the ground all along the East Coast.
The View from Mudsock Heights
No, I do not want a pet dinosaur; not even a little one
by Dennis PowellEver since the idea of cloning became a real possibility, everyone with any imagination at all has jumped to the conclusion that this meant we could (and no doubt would) before long be able to bring back many, or at least some, of the species that have gone extinct.
The View from Mudsock Heights
With Glassworks partner gone, communities will never be the same
by Dennis PowellUsed to be, as you approached Stewart from the south on Ohio Rt. 329, you'd see a sign, long and low and weathered, announcing that soon you would be near the Glasshouse Works.
The View from Mudsock Heights
Serious and light reflections on selection of new Pope
by Dennis PowellIt seems to me that it would be far more enjoyable were the festivities of Feb. 2 turned over to the Church of Rome. Think about it. The expectant crowd would gather, the enthusiasm bu
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Husbands and Wives
By David BruceSteve Earle's life has been more interesting than most, although except for the music and the moments of happiness, that may not be a good thing. For example, in 1994 he kicked heroin – after spending four months in jail.
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Education
By David BruceColumbine High School is famous today because of the shooting there, but because of 18-year-old senior Ruben Ortega, San Gabriel High School is not famous. On April 20, 1988, he went to school as usual. However, on this day, another student carried an assault rifle to school.
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Authors
By David BruceRamones bass player Dee Dee Ramone was a writer of fiction (he wrote the novel "Chelsea Horror Hotel"), which means that he occasionally wrote fiction when he was supposed to be writing nonfiction – like many, most, or all writers of fiction, Dee Dee didn't mind exaggerating (or lying) in order to make a good story better.
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Practical jokes
By David BruceWhile attending Syracuse University, Dave Bing roomed with Frank Nicoletti. The two got along very well together, despite being of different races – Mr. Bing is African American, while Mr. Nicoletti is white.
