Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review back issues from July 2007:
Columnist taken to task about head halters
Jul 01, 2007; ... Dear Dog Talk: Generally, I wholeheartedly agree with you and theadvice that you give in the Dog Talk column. As a private dog trainerwho makes house calls in the Pittsburgh area, I often use yourcolumns to reiterate ideas and concepts that I am trying to encouragemy clients to adopt ....
Summit Inn Resort provides relaxing escape
Jul 01, 2007; ... The psychics sat at the resort's bar a few years back, regalingpatrons with tales of the spirits around them. But Karen Harris figured the psychics were phony. The women madeno mention of the one soul who should have been lingering at TheSummit Inn Resort: her father, Donald ...
July 7, 2007: The biggest wedding day ever
Jul 01, 2007; ... A wedding requires the perfect dress, the perfect music, theperfect flowers. Now comes the perfect wedding date: July 7, 2007. Saturday's fortuitous alignment of 7-7-7 has captured the fancy ofbetrothed couples who want to say "I do" on a date considered luckyor unique. Getting ...
Holiday decorating: Why too much is never enough
Jul 01, 2007; ... You're greeted at the Fourth of July party with a red, white andblue martini served by Uncle Sam. You notice that the cocktailnapkins exactly match your hostesses dress, the lawn chairs and thehydrangea. This happy coincidence occurred because she interviewedevery party store within a ...
Superstitious hope to harness power of number 7
Jul 01, 2007; ... What's the big deal about the number 7? Seven appears regularly in the Old Testament, beginning with Godresting on the seventh day, while Catholics observe seven sacraments.Ancient Mayans believed in a seven-layered sky. The tree of life hasseven branches, while gamblers throwing ...
The era that popular music built
Jul 01, 2007; ... July is the time to celebrate what's best in American history andthe American "spirit," and nothing expresses that spirit -- theheart, the romance, the soul of being American -- better than thepopular song. Wilfred Sheed's big, appreciative history of the golden age ofAmerican ...
One goal for Belle Vernon soccer standout
Jul 01, 2007; ... Although Belle Vernon senior soccer player Josh Keffer earned fourvarsity letters, he waited until three minutes remained in hisscholastic career to score his first -- and only -- goal. But scoring was not necessarily an option, because the 5-11, 170-pound Keffer played the right ...
Elizabeth Twp. ambulance service adds C-PAPs for respiratory care
Jul 01, 2007; ... The Elizabeth Township ambulance service has a new state-of-the-art edge in treating patients with respiratory problems. Elizabeth Township Area Emergency Medical Services recentlypurchased five Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machines that willsoon be in the company's advanced ...
Belle Vernon teen dreams of visiting Romania
Jul 01, 2007; ... Although she's had setbacks, Anastasia Georgulis remains committedto helping orphans overseas. Georgulis, an 18-year-old Belle Vernon native, is working toward adegree in hospitality and travel management at Bradford School onPittsburgh's North Side. The aspiring travel agent ...
Center in the Woods day center director reaps what she sews
Jul 01, 2007; ... Rita Petrus starts most of her days at the Adult Day CenterServices at the Center in the Woods and ends them about 16 hourslater at her sewing machine. As director of the adult day center, the registered nurse stays atthe California-area center until about 4:30 p.m., when the ...
CD Reviews: Giants fall prey to the ordinary on 'The Else'
Jul 01, 2007 ... The Else' They Might Be Giants (Zoe Records) It's nigh impossible to dislike the Johns of They Might Be Giants,Flansburgh and Linnell. For more than two decades, they've createdinventive, sometimes brilliant, pop songs. But most of "The Else"seems like second-rate TMBG. "Take ...
Firefighting families prepare for Fayette County convention
Jul 01, 2007; ... Firefighting can become a family tradition. For Rob Leiberger Sr., of Connellsville Township, the call camewhen he was a firefighter for the U.S. Navy. From fighting fires in the Navy and in Connellsville Township todriving the firefighters to blazes, Leiberger said he enjoys ...
Civic Light Opera heats things up with 'White Christmas'
Jul 01, 2007; ... Snow is in the forecast Tuesday evening. Its arrival will be generated by a warming trend brought on by theopening of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera's production of "WhiteChristmas" at the Benedum Center, Downtown. Most know this classic as a 1954 movie from Paramount ...
Classic-contemporary pairings magnify films' strengths, weaknesses
Jul 01, 2007; ... In "1408," the newest film adaptation of Stephen King's work,terrible and frightening things happen to John Cusack in a creepyhotel. In "Psycho," Alfred Hitchcock's most iconic work, terrible andfrightening things happen to Janet Leigh in a creepy hotel. Consider heading to ...
Swimming, crafts highlight summer recreation in Mt. Pleasant
Jul 01, 2007; ... For decades, Mt. Pleasant Area School District residents haveparticipated in free swimming classes and outdoor arts and craftsprograms. "These programs have been around for as long as I can remember,"Mt. Pleasant Township recreation director Donna Polakovsky said. The ...
Monongahela's 1950 Legion baseball team earned spot among state's elite
Jul 01, 2007; ... Only a handful of Western Pennsylvania teams have won thePennsylvania American Legion Junior Baseball state championship overthe years. The talented Monongahela team of 1950 is among them. "There aren't too many, maybe a dozen," Ken Barbao said as heperused the list of state ...
Tonic Restaurant & Bar offers a cure for the culinary doldrums
Jul 01, 2007; ... You won't find Love Potion No. 9 on the beverage menu at Tonic Bar& Grill along Liberty Avenue, Downtown, but the drinks do get thejuices flowing. We're talking orange, lime, lemon and grapefruit juices, allsqueezed fresh at the bar, then mixed with top-shelf rum, vodka,tequila, ...
Brownsville grad likes math, music
Jul 01, 2007; ... Music and mathematics play important roles in Taylor Williams'life. The 18-year-old Brownsville Area High School graduate plans toenter California University of Pennsylvania to major in secondaryeducation with the intent of gaining a doctorate in mathematics.Little wonder then ...
Sleuth Brunetti investigates illegal adoptions
Jul 01, 2007; ... Mystery writer Donna Leon was born in New Jersey, has spent muchof her adult life in Venice, and established her career by winning aJapanese literary contest. To think it all started 17 years ago backstage at Teatro LaFinici, the famed Venetian opera house, where Leon was chatting ...
Clay Place puts together truly inspirational glass exhibit
Jul 01, 2007; ... A few weeks ago, Elvira Peake, owner of The Clay Place inCarnegie, was approached by a backpacker passing through town. "Can I pray in here?" he asked, looking around her shop, no doubtmisled by the stained-glass designs in the window. With all the churches in Carnegie -- and ...
This week's coming attractions
Jul 01, 2007 ... "Transformers," the action flick based on a toy, arrives with muchpublicity in theaters early this week -- its official opening day isTuesday, but some theaters will be presenting the movie beginning at8 p.m. Monday. Though the origin of the film might seem flimsy, the flick ...
Mt. Pleasant father and sons share their love of racing
Jul 01, 2007; ... Before 15-year-old Cameron Kraisinger gets into his kart on raceday, he reads an excerpt called "Attitude" by Charles Swindoll. His younger brother, 7-year-old Owen Kraisinger, has learned thatthe key to life is balance. Despite quality showings by both Cameron and Owen on race ...
California amateur gardeners to show off backyard blooms
Jul 01, 2007; ... California amateur gardeners will have the opportunity to show offtheir gardening skills at the Friends of the California PublicLibrary's second annual Garden Tour. Gardeners Gene Knight, Leslie Loase, Donna Bridges, ShellyRoberts, Sheila Chambers, Beth Baxter and Larry Romboski ...
Baseball and July 4th
Jul 01, 2007 ... Lou Gehrig said goodbye. Mickey Mantle hit a milestone home run.Nolan Ryan and Phil Niekro joined an exclusive strikeout club. DaveRighetti gave the Yankees a long-awaited no-hitter. The Braves andMets combined for 29 runs, laboring into the wee hours of the morningbefore a winner was ...
Popular golf side bets and betting games
Jul 01, 2007 ... $2 Nassau A golfer who gets off to a bad start on the front nine can stillrecover and win some money back in this popular wager. It's actuallythree bets in one. Low scorer picks up $2 on the front nine, $2 forwinning the back nine, and $2 for carding the low overall score for18 ...
Hang it up, Arlen
Jul 01, 2007 ... Sen. Arlen Specter voted with his Democrat colleagues to curtailworkers' rights, advance union thuggery and destroy the secretballot. Of course, the Philadelphia Republicrat, always the parser, seesit differently. The Senate last week came up nine votes short of the 60 ...
Notebook: Bass, panfish are plentiful in Crawford County's Sugar Lake
Jul 01, 2007 ... Sugar Lake in Crawford County is a pretty good place to fish forbass and panfish, if you can get to the water. A 90-acre Fish and Boat Commission-owned lake in southcentralCrawford County, Sugar Lake has a boat launch, but shore access islimited because the lake is surrounded by ...
It's always foggy atop the Wall of Worry
Jul 01, 2007; ... "There they go, folks! The stock market averages -- can they runas fast the second half of the year as they did the first?" "But it's not fair. Look at the extra weight they're carrying.Ropes, hooks and heavy-soled shoes. What for?" "Because they've got to climb the Wall of ...
Sunday pops
Jul 01, 2007 ... The Wall Street Journal editorial page accused Republicans whoopposed the now-dead illegal alien amnesty bill of "pandering to thebase" and "demagoguery." It said the GOP was sending "a message toLatinos that it doesn't want them in the party." Egads, the rule oflaw really is a dead ...
New in equipment: Shark release
Jul 01, 2007 ... Scott Archery has debuted its new compact, double-caliper Sharkrelease. Made of high quality aluminum and heat-tempered steel, therelease features a dual-jaw and pivoting head. It's also fullyadjustable, offering a four-position length adjustment and forwardtrigger. The wide roller sear ...
Learn to accept, adapt to the culture in your office
Jul 01, 2007; ... Q: About eight months ago, I started a great marketing job with agreat boss and a great employer. I am achieving all my targets, but Iam having issues with people I need to work with. They are pushingback when I ask for help or information, and lately, I've even gotteninto a few heated ...
Side wagers make the game worth it
Jul 01, 2007; ... Admit it. It feels good to pocket that $2 side bet at the end ofan 18-hole round with your weekend foursome. The amount is almost irrelevant. Golf is a competitive game, and winning something - anything -- isthe point. Side bets make the game more interesting, even if ...
Immigration admonition: Open-borders suicide
Jul 01, 2007 ... With each passing day a bit more of America is lost. The classicphrase is "death by a thousand cuts." Today, the wounds are at least12 million and likely 20 million -- the toll of illegal aliens in theU.S. The immigration amnesty bill has died again in the Senate. But ...
Freedom!
Jul 01, 2007; ... Virtually all Americans love to talk about -- nay, boast about --their freedoms. We are the freest nation that has ever graced theplanet, people commonly say. One cannot drive along a crowded freeway without seeing scores ofbumper stickers bearing the Stars and Stripes and words ...
Business calendar
Jul 01, 2007 ... Monday Economic Growth Connection: 8 to 9:30 a.m., Penn State Fayette,Eberly Campus, Swimmer Hall, One University Drive, Uniontown."Defense Procurement Assistance Center's Breakfast Briefing." Free tothe public. Reservations required. Details: 724-830-3604. Pennsylvania ...
Business Gallery
Jul 01, 2007 ... FirstMerit Bank appointed Kurt Marlow financial consultant,investment services division. Most recently, he handled nationalplanning for Sky Investments. Accounting John F. Pancari Jr. joined Parente Randolph's Pittsburgh office asa senior manager in the health care business ...
Will Newt run?
Jul 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON Newt Gingrich is telling Republican insiders that his decision inSeptember whether to run for president in 2008 depends on theprogress of Fred Thompson's imminent candidacy. If Thompson runs a vigorous and effective campaign, Gingrich saysprivately, he probably ...
More funding could be coming for FBC
Jul 01, 2007; ... A state lawmaker who has tried to provide the Game and Fish andBoat commissions with a new source of revenue for years is fightingthat fight again. State Rep. Dave Levdansky, an Allegheny County Democrat, plans tointroduce legislation this week that would divert to the agencies ...
'Liquid gold' prospects high with Harmarville studies
Jul 01, 2007; ... At U-PARC in Harmarville, scientists are running experiments toperfect a way to convert coal into high-quality jet and diesel fuel. Independent testing company Intertek Inc. is working undercontract with the U.S. Air Force to produce the fuels at the formerresearch-and-development ...
Trucks from Mexico
Jul 01, 2007 ... It's hard to believe a legitimate newspaper like the Trib wouldpublish a column so grossly distorted as the one Dimitri Vassilaroswrote about the federal government's cross-border truckingdemonstration program at the U.S.-Mexican border ("Another Mexicanrigging?" June 22 and ...
Pondering a unified Left
Jul 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON Traditional Republican picnics that will celebrate IndependenceDay this week already have a hot topic for conversation: Why wasHillary Clinton's speech greeted by boos and catcalls at the "TakeBack America" conference? And how did that add to Barack Obama winning ...
Pugilistic points a plus for promotions
Jul 01, 2007; ... All they need to do is adopt a points system. Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl and police Chief Nate Harper areunder fire. Seems that three of the four officers they recentlypromoted have a history of domestic incidents and other characterissues. The promotions were blasted ...
'Poor, poor' Philly 'loses' again
Jul 01, 2007; ... HARRISBURG -- The state may spend more on one building inPhiladelphia than property owners will get in tax relief from casinorevenues. The cost of the expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Centertops out at $880 million over 30 years. The rest of us schmucks willget $700 ...
If Washington crossed the Delaware in 2007
Jul 01, 2007; ... Let me get this straight, Gen. Washington: You want us, therepresentatives of the Second Continental Congress, to fund a sneakattack on British troops starting on Christmas? That is correct, sir. After we declared our independence from KingGeorge, he was most unhappy. He ordered ...
Mayor Luke skittish about debates
Jul 01, 2007 ... Republican Pittsburgh mayoral candidate Mark DeSantis wants fourdebates with Democrat incumbent Luke Ravenstahl. The mayor hassuggested two. But judging from a letter Ravenstahl sent to DeSantis shortlyafter the GOP businessman kicked off his campaign last week, don't besurprised ...
Cyrillian logic
Jul 01, 2007 ... Undoubtedly, greedy plaintiff attorneys in Pennsylvania areresponsible for the increase in surgical errors recently reported bythe Pennsylvania State Patient Safety Authority. And, of course, because of these additional cases of downrightstupidity, gross incompetence and ...
Opportunity knocks
Jul 01, 2007; ... Spend an hour over coffee with Mark DeSantis and he sure soundslike a guy running to be a big-city mayor. He has a better handle onPittsburgh's fiscal situation than most politicians and he grappleswith the problems and potential solutions with enthusiasm andeloquence. At times, ...
Wall Street displays best second-quarter numbers in 4 years
Jul 01, 2007; ... The stock market stumbled its way to the end of the quarter.Respective June losses of 1.16 percent, 1.79 percent and 0.05 percentfor the Dow Jones industrial average, S&P 500 index and the Nasdaqcomposite index were the weakest results for the month in the pastfive years and the ...
Blow a certain trumpet
Jul 01, 2007; ... Republican Pittsburgh mayoral nominee Mark DeSantis delivered theperfect campaign kickoff speech. Now the hard part begins. Tuesday last, Mr. DeSantis paid homage to his family and its, andthe city's, deep industrial and ethnic heritage. And he neithershrank from nor sugar-coated ...
Trib 30 stock picks went higher in June
Jul 01, 2007; ... The Trib 30 list of local stocks bounced upward in June, fueled bya host of manufacturing companies, particularly metals-relatedissues. The index closed Friday at 231.3 during an especially volatilemonth of trading, compared with a close of 216.8 on May 31. Thehealthy jump ...
The battle for Pennsylvania
Jul 01, 2007; ... They sizzled in 2006. But can they sustain and perhaps gain in2008? The Democrat-controlled House that former Democratic CongressionalCampaign Committee Chairman Rahm Emanuel built last year is enteringits seventh month this week. A year from now, the campaign-speakabout House ...
Mrs. Edwards' harangue
Jul 01, 2007; ... The John Edwards campaign is apparently still running low ondonations, so last week they went back to their top fundraiser: me. I doubled the ratings of the lowest-rated cable news show onTuesday by agreeing to go on for a full hour to promote my newpaperback version of "Godless." ...
Reversal of an integration decision
Jul 01, 2007; ... The U.S. Supreme Court made history Thursday by striking downintegration plans in school districts in Seattle and Louisville, Ky.,that used race as a way to determine which schools students shouldattend. The 5-4 decision was split along liberal-conservative lineswith Justice Anthony ...
BBB issues consumer alert on book sellers
Jul 01, 2007 ... A group claiming to work for a book and magazine company calledTuscan Readers Service, of Georgia, has prompted a warning from thelocal Better Business Bureau. The group, also known as United FamilyCirculation, may be operating in Western Pennsylvania, the BBB said,and it has an ...
The state of our roads
Jul 01, 2007; ... Pennsylvania's state highways aren't all bad -- at least comparedto West Virginia's. For example, you're less likely to die driving on a road in ourcommonwealth than in West Virginia. And compared to the Mountain State, the Keystone State has fewermiles of interstate in poor ...
Real estate notes
Jul 01, 2007 ... * Orchard Park, a potential $38 million development, which willinclude 88 single-family home sites, will be developed in threephases with Heartland Homes as the builder. Located on about 60 acresoff Powell Road in Cranberry in Butler County, the complex willprovides amenities such as a ...
'Wine sips 4 Jesus'
Jul 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON In January 2002, in Juneau, Alaska, Joseph Frederick had the sortof idea that makes a teenager seem like one of nature's mistakes.Last week, after five years and the attention of 13 federal judges,Frederick became a footnote in constitutional history. His case ...
Flashback to the future
Jul 01, 2007; ... Brace yourself. It's the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love.And for the next few months you're bound to hear your share ofbreathless homages to those madcap baby boomers who let down theirhair and stood up to the man. Ah, those were the days, when the social order buckled and ...
The 4th always a reason to celebrate
Jul 01, 2007; ... The nature of Fourth of July celebrations has changed considerablyover the more than two centuries since the practice was started. The focus for many years on speeches, rallies, parades, localmilitia units, toasts and in later years fireworks has diminishedconsiderably and ...
Lecavalier believes Pens' Crosby worthy of captaincy
Jul 01, 2007 ... Sidney Crosby will excel as the youngest captain in NHL history.No less an authority than the league's previous youngest captainbelieves as much. "There is definitely more responsibility when you get that(captain's) letter, but he has proven that he can do it," Tampa Bay'sVincent ...
Expansion has watered down major leagues
Jul 01, 2007 ... Anyone else out there who remembers the Pirates of the 1930s and'40s? Names like Cookie Lavagetto, Paul and Lloyd Waner, Pep Young, GusSuhr, Arky Vaughan? Manager 'Pie' Traynor? And the premier 'reconstructionist' of themall -- former Pirates broadcaster "Rosey" Rowswell? ...
Notebook: Bucs' Duffy placed on the disabled list
Jul 01, 2007; ... The Pirates on Saturday placed center fielder Chris Duffy on the15-day disabled list and called up infielder Matt Kata. Duffy has a sprained left ankle, and was sent to the team'scomplex in Bradenton, Fla., to begin his rehab. There is no timetablefor when he'll return. "It's ...
Newsmaker: Dr. David S. Macpherson
Jul 01, 2007 ... Age: 51 Neighborhood: Highland Park Family: Wife, Dr. Rosanne Granieri, a professor of medicine at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, and two children, Nicholas, 20, and Maria,16. Education: Received a medical degree from Northwestern UniversitySchool of Medicine in 1981, a ...
There's a new Kid in town
Jul 01, 2007; ... The Landlord seemingly could not hide his happiness as he walkedpast The Kid on the morning of October 8, 2005. Mario Lemieux washours from playing in his final home opener. His NHL career was downto its final three months. He presumably did not know all of thatthen, but he clearly knew ...
Other candidates for Athlete of the Year
Jul 01, 2007 ... BOYS * Jonathan Baldwin: Aliquippa - Football, basketball, track,Junior - Holds 20 football offers, including Florida, USC, Michigan,Ohio State and Notre Dame * DeJuan Blair: Schenley - Basketball, Senior - Led Schenley toits first state title since 1978 * Dane ...