Spread your wingsFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 2:25AMThink you’ve seen it all at the Puyallup Fair? Consider the lineup of new attractions. A video gaming mecca. High divers plunging from three-story platforms. A budding pop star from Puyallup. Presidential turkeys (the feathered kind, not the elected ones). The fair offers plenty of new stuff alongside roller-coaster rides, piglets, Krusty Pups and other time-tested favorites.
Marching Hundred enters CBS competition to win $25,000, network airtimeThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:35PMIn the center of Memorial Stadium, on the 50-yard line, a bikini-clad man pointed his trumpet toward the sky. Surrounding him was the rest of the IU Marching Hundred, bobbing, swaying and Hula-ing to the tune of “Hawaii 5-0” as a revolving camera atop an 8-foot ladder caught every note.
Stock up for winter reading at local book salesThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:21PMFor book lovers, this month will be a double diamond deal, as two widely known and popular book sales, sponsored by IUP and the YWCA Literacy Program based in Greensburg, take place respectively during the last two weekends of the month.
New finds and old favourites on KauaiThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:10PMKauai is the smallest. The oldest. The wettest. Its volcanic peaks are low, green-cloaked, worn down and scalloped by wind and rain.
Sacchi writes off AC Milan title chancesThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 8:16PMAC Milan Paolo Maldini Rafa Benitez Robinho Former AC Milan coach Arrigo Sacchi has wrote off his old club's chances of success, despite their late spending spree. The Rossoneri leapt to the top of the list of favourites after their summer spending spree. “Massimo Moratti has given Rafa Benitez a highly competitive Inter without compromising the balance sheet,” wrote former Italy and Milan Coach ...
Orchestra wants youThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 8:10PMAre you a musician between the ages of 12 and 112?
Young Thespians: Fine Arts Association looking for ‘Annie'Thursday, September 9, 2010 @ 12:32AMAccording to popular tradition, actresses waiting to be discovered for their big break should hang out at their local soda fountain in hopes that a big-time agent will whisk them away to fame and fortune.
The old-world-style Swiss Chalet is one of 8 bars on the Lake Erie Monster Crawl.Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 11:08PMI was at Swiss Chalet in Geneva-on-the-Lake, doing the crawl, when somebody came up behind me and said, "Oh, no, not you again!"
Ventura Jazz Orchestra's humble beginnings lead to big gigsWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 8:49PMDean Adams had collected plenty of sheet music and started using network connections from the Ventura County Community Colleges, music teachers and others to find what eventually became his 18 piece jazz band, the Ventura Jazz Orchestra, in June 2008.