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A Chance at History

Columbia Central has a chance to start 4-0 for first time in 10 years (photo:  19 returning seniors saw significant playing time last season)  By Mike Moore Staff Writer  Brooklyn – At a school open house recently, Josh Kubiak couldn’t stop hearing about the Columbia Central football team, program and season going on right now. Not that he wanted to. “But what we have going is pretty great,” the Golden Eagles’ head coach said earlier this week. “The community is beyond itself. We feel like the talk of the town right now.” Understandably so, too. Thanks to a 26-22 upset of Hillsdale last weekend, Columbia Central is 3-0 on the season, unbeaten this far into the schedule for the first time since a 6-0 start in 2005. We have a great group of seniors, and that really makes a difference,” Kubiak said of his group. “We have 19 seniors, and 16 of them saw significant time last year.” So is he surprised by the three-for-three start? “A little bit, yes, to be honest,” Kubiak said. “I wasn’t sure exactly what we had until the scrimmage. But we looked good there. Then against Napoleon we showed up and played well. Last…

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Column: A needed reminder

Ceremony at Western football game did more than remind us of how bad it once was  By Mike Moore Staff Writer  Parma – There was a fine line here, one of knowing what was about to happen, and having no clue what to expect. Upon arriving in the broadcast booth last Friday night, Jim Francis and I — calling the Western versus Marshall football game on Sept. 11 for JTV — were told by a member of the Western athletic department that exactly 2:49 into the first quarter, the game would briefly halt for an on-field ceremony honoring the 14th anniversary of the attacks in New York, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. We each gave the idea a sort of thumbs up, then got back to what we had to focus on, a pre-game show, commercial reads and so on. And then it happened. With the clock reading 9:11 to play in the opening quarter of a scoreless game, the referee waived his hands over his head, stopping the game and kick starting what would be 10 or 15 minutes of sheer emotion. A simple thank you The first gesture was likely the most obvious, the public address speaker requesting all…

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Wednesday, September 16

Angelita Velasco Gunn, new Executive Director, AWARE;  Bart Goes to School, at St. John’s Elementary for ‘Try It Tuesday’;  Jan Rochefort, Hankerd Inn, Fiiberart Show;  Tom McMillen-Oakley, Celebrate Louise Nevelson Day, Summer Night Tree;  Rod Malloy, Executive Director, Dahlem;  Scott Robbins, Jackson County Parks Director, with Stan Fracker, Pennies for Wells Project & Kelly Sowers, Jackson Pack N Ship;  Colleen Flynn, The Prison City Players presents ‘Sketchy Characters’, a Sketch Comedy/Improv Show  

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