Auction Items
Posted by: Zoel
January 23, 2013 - 8:34 PM

Poor Boys Steak House - $20 Gift Certificates

R-C Auto - $50 Gift Certificates

Giovanni's Italian Restaurant - $10 Gift Certificates

Amabassador Steak House - $25 Gift Certificates

Cleaver's Farm and Home - Gas Grill Value $239

Omalley Equipment Johne Deere dealer - Stihl MS 170 chainsaw Value $190

Funky Monkey Bling- $20 Gift Certificates

Life Essentials - $20 Gift Certificates

Leons Designs - Custom marble table Value $700

Peaceable Inn- $135 Gift Certificates

Twin Motors- 4 Wheel Alignment Value $60

Corleone's Italian Restaurant- $10 Gift Certificates

Muse Salon and Day Spa- Gift Certificates

Ag Choice-Moran - Dog Food Value $19-$30                                            

All about you Salon - Gift Certificates

Life Essentials- $20 Gift Certificates

Pioneer Seed- 50lb bags of seed Value $300

Zachs Audio FX- $100 Gift Certificates

Big Ed's - $20 Gift Certificates

SouthTown Quick Lube -Transmission flush and filter  Value $136

KK Electric - 42' Craftmade ceiling fan Value $132

Down Range Sports- 2012 Evo 7 7 in brace height 335 ibo bow Value $850

Miss Emma's Diner- $20 Gift Certificates

Music Shop -$80 Gift Certificates & 20-043 Discone Scanner/Ham Antennas from Music Shop Value $80

Lone Pine Hunting Preserve -10 bird 2 people hunt to be scheduled by March 1st Value $200

Four Season's Floral- $25 Gift Certificates

Service Office Supplies- Lorell Mesh Back Managerial Chair Value $335

Dudley's Done Right BBQ- $10 gift certificates

The Feed Bunk -$10 gift certificates

Down Home Gifts- $10 gift certificates

The Craze - $25 gift certificates

Inertia Health and Fitness - 3 month gym and tan Value $180, 3 month gym membership Value $102 and 3 month tan package Value $180

Plant Station- $10 gift certificates

Casey's General Store - Large single topping pizza's Value $13

Talk of the Town- $35 gift certificates

Shield's Barber Shop- $10 gift certificates for haircuts

Chanute Golf Course- Adult season pass Value $402.50

Chanute Maring Aquatic Center- Childrens season passes Value $44

Feathured Nest- 1 golf print Value $101

Taco Johns  $5 Gift Certificates

B & B Outdoors- DD A CS-310 Chainsaw Value $217.09 and Chain sharpenings Value $32.56

Fred's Treads - 4 Wheel Alignment Value $92

Banned words of 2013
Posted by: Zoel
January 2, 2013 - 2:22 PM

 Fiscal Cliff

As one might expect, this phrase received the most nominations this year as people are just plain sick and tired of hearing about it!

Kick The Can Down The Road
Usually used in politics, this typically means that someone or some group is neglecting its responsibilities. This was seized upon during the current administration and is used as a cliche by all parties...Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Libertarians, Tories, Whigs, Socialists, Communists, and the Kardashians!

Double Down
This blackjack term is now used as a verb in place of 'repeat' or 'reaffirm' or 'reiterate.' Yet, it adds nothing and is just kind of annoying unless you're actually playing Blackjack!

Job Creators/Creation
It implies supernatural powers -- such as the ability to change the weather or levitate. Most new jobs pay less than the lost jobs to ensure stratospheric CEO compensation and nice returns on investments. Perhaps a more accurate term would be job depleters.

YOLO
In the Twitter and texting universe it stands for "You Only Live Once" and used by wannabe Twitter philosophers who think they've uncovered a deep secret of life. Also used as an excuse to do really stupid things, such as streaking at a baseball game with YOLO printed on one's chest.

Spoiler Alert
What was once a polite warning has turned into a declarative statement: I have just spoiled something for you. When news outlets print articles with headlines such as, 'Huge upset in men's Olympic swimming,' with a diminutive 'spoiler alert' on the link to the rest of the article, I think it's safe to say we've forgotten the meaning of the word 'alert.'"

Love for Lylah
Posted by: Zoel
October 16, 2012 - 4:32 PM

Love for Lylah Benefit Concert and Silent Auction for BJ Harris and Family. Delylah Harris, daughter of BJ and Leslis Harris, was born with a major heart defect that will soon require open heart surgery. Please join in helping this family Saturday, November 3rd at 7pm at the McCarthy's Pub in Girard. Free will cover. Silent Auction. Come rock for the beat of her heart!