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How do you use your abilities?

August 18, 2008

I love watching the Olympics — the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Yeah, I know that was from the Wide World of Sports back in the day, but it applies each day to the athletes in Beijing. Hours upon hours upon hours of work, sweat and dedication to get there only to see dreams realized or dashed. Did you witness the excitement of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team after winning a bronze medal, even though it was in solid position to win a silver medal earlier in the competition? Did you witness one of the gymnasts actually thanking God, on national television and everything? And, it wasn’t, “Thank God we won.” He thanked God for giving him the opportunity to be in Beijing and use his God-given abilities. Later I watched Jim Lampley ask Dara Torres about her using the abilities she was given by the “universe.” Dude, the universe doesn’t give gifts, God does — hence the term God-given abilities. All of us have God-given abilities and we choose each day how we want to use

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That smell is in the air

August 11, 2008

You can smell football in the air.

Chat rooms are busting about who is good, how this scrimmage went and what teams will make the playoffs.

Indian Creek will visit Harding Stadium and Big Red at 7 p.m. on Aug. 21 to open Ohio

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Status quo is not good and W.Va. BOE kept it

July 14, 2008

That gigantic wind you felt sometime Thursday was the folks at Weir High and Madonna High exhaling and for completely different reasons.

In what should have been no surprise to anyone, the West Virginia Board of Education unanimously vote

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Stand up, stand still, be quiet and be respectful

July 7, 2008

It’s really not that hard to do so during the National Anthem.

Yet, it seems every time I am at a sporting event, some teenagers, or those younger, feel it’s OK to walk around, talk, blow bubbles with their gum and, basically, be thorough

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Olympic trials will teach life lessons to our kids

June 30, 2008

Athletes of all ages should spend their evenings watching the Olympic trials.

You will see outstanding performances, mediocre performances, brilliant victories, heartbreaking defeats and everything between.

You will see athlet

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SSAC overhauls basketball tourney

June 24, 2008

The high school basketball tournament in West Virginia has been overhauled. The questions is, will it be overhauled again in a year? It was no secret the way the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission state event was antiquated and ne

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