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          <title>The Impossible Dream:&amp;nbsp; a 60s Style Radio for Mom&#8217;s Christmas 2009</title>
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It was likely my biggest mountain to climb during Christmas Search 2009.

Tonight, I have conquered it.

And what was this pinnacle, this impossible dream, this Holy Grail?

It was a radio for my mother to have in her bathroom.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:39:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Lawmaker Proposes Hiking Maximum Interstate Speed Limit to 80</title>
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&nbsp;   Driving eighty miles per hour on South Carolina interstate highways is against the law.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; A state representative proposes making it the new legal norm.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:49:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Passing of Ken Ober and What Happened to MTV</title>
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Ken Ober passed away over the weekend. You may recall Ober hosting &#8220;Remote Control,&#8220; back in the days that MTV actually played music.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:44:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Final Rain Totals from Ida</title>
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Here&#8217;s a look at area rain totals from midnight Tuesday, November 10 through the morning of Thursday, November 12.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:14:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Banning the Word Meep?</title>
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A school district in Massachusetts bans the word &#8220;meep&#8221;.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Clemson: Make AND Break Place for Bobby Bowden?</title>
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Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden made much of his reputation with a gutsy call at Clemson. That may be the same place that cements his exit from coaching.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:12:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Remembering Our Veterans</title>
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This Veterans Day 2009, I have been pleased to see more signs at churches and businesses along the routes I travel, thanking our veterans.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:41:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Another Reason to Use Seasonal Predictions with Caution</title>
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The hype: El Nino will mean a rough winter.&nbsp; The reality: that may or may not be true, and we look to Ida as an example.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:46:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>One Coach With Area Ties Loses A Job, Another Might</title>
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Is Furman&#8217;s Bobby Lamb&#8217;s job on the line?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:08:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Toy Drive This Sunday 11/8 in Memory of Syl Syl</title>
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There will be many toy drives this holiday season.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; But one going on this Sunday 11/8 carries a special memory with it.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; It&#8217;s the day of the sixth annual &#8220;Syl Syl Christmas Toy Drive.&#8220;

&nbsp;  &nbsp; The toy drive is 2 - 4 pm at &#8220;The Clock Restaurant&#8221; on West Poinsett Street in Greer.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; It&#8217;s in memory of Sylvia Holtzclaw.
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          <title>My First Look Inside Superbike Motorsports</title>
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Walking around the former Superbike Motorsports building last month was one of the most erie experiences I&#8217;ve had in the news business.

It was my first trip to Superbike.&nbsp; I had gotten permission from the current owner to do an interview inside with Senior Investigator William Gary of the Spartanburg County Sheriff&#8217;s office.

It was a long ride up Parris Bridge Road.&nbsp; Superbike was in the middle of nowhere.&nbsp; That was probably good for a business that generated a lot of noise with the revving of engines.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:39:01 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Update on 24&#45;7 Weather&#8230;</title>
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It&#8217;s still being worked on&#8230;please stand by!           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:08:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Tough Times For Local SoCon Schools</title>
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Paladins, Terriers fall on tough times           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:24:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Keeping Count of the Halloween Visitors</title>
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Even in a down year, we did pretty good.

Gayle and I kept a running count of &#8220;trick or treaters&#8221; who came to our door this past Saturday night.

I can&#8217;t remember what time the first one knocked on our door.&nbsp; But the last one who came by at 9:15 was number 66.

Some years we have 100 or more.&nbsp; A few times we&#8217;ve only had maybe 30.

But considering the on-and-off pouring rain and competition from fall festivals at churches and schools, 66 was a solid number.

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          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:38:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Halloween Trick</title>
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It was my first real experience getting kids ready and taking them trick or treating.&nbsp; And with the weather and unexpected costume problems, it was more tricky than treaty!           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:14:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>How To Save $$$ On Call&#45;Waiting, Three&#45;Way Calls</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/how_to_save_on_call-waiting_three-way_calls/29046/</link>
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In a tough economy, I&#8217;m here with some money saving ideas for you. My wife captured this picture of me employing Fred&#8217;s official call-waiting and three-way calling technology.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:36:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>My Columbia Adventure (Not the USC City)</title>
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You&#8217;re probably very familiar with Columbia, SC, especially if you&#8217;re a Gamecocks fan.

South Carolina state capitol&#8230; state government hub&#8230; home of the University of South Carolina.

Ever been to Columbia, -North- Carolina?

If you&#8217;ve traveled to the NC Outer Banks via US Highway 64, you&#8217;ve gone right through it.

If you blinked, you missed it.

And that&#8217;s too bad.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:16:47 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Upstate Will Also Benefit from Boeing, Twelve Thousand Jobs</title>
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&nbsp;   With unemployment standing at 11.6% in September, South Carolina hurts for good news about jobs.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; Tonight monumental good news has arrived on the wings of aircraft manufacturer Boeing.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; It&#8217;s big for the Lowcountry, but it&#8217;s also big for the entire state.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; Think of it as BMW with wings.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:04:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Where, Oh Where Has 24&#45;7 Weather Gone?</title>
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If you&#8217;ve been missing our weather channel on digital channel 7-2, it will be returning soon with a new &#8220;address&#8221;.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:29:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Daniel Doing It With D</title>
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Daniel&#8217;s Lions do their Big D proud           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:09:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Temperatures In The 30&#8217;s, Now Back To Our Movie..</title>
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I laughed out loud - no, I didn&#8217;t type LOL somehwere online - when I heard The Weather channel was going to start showing movies. Some of the choices (Misery?!?) strike me as a little odd.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:07:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Oct. 21st</title>
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Meteors will be visible thanks to clear skies tonight into early Wednesday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:38:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Story Of One Crazy Region</title>
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Region 3-3A has some kind of log jam           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:16:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Christy Going To Jail &#8220;For Good&#8221;</title>
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I&#8217;ll be heading to jail for the MDA on November 5th along with other members of the community- hoping to raise the bail set at 3200.00 to help people affected by Muscular Dystrophy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:48:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The ACC Plods Along</title>
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The league could have some ugly outcomes as the season unfolds           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:41:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Where Was James Bond When The Moon Needed To Be Saved?</title>
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Shooting a rocket to explode on the moon. Wasn&#8217;t that a SPECTRE plot in a James Bond movie? And where was 007 Friday when the moon was under attack?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:18:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Golf in the Olympics? Maybe Chicago Actually Won</title>
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The International Olympic Committee voted Friday to add golf to the competition for the 2016 Olympics. I only have one question and it only requires one word: why?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:33:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Is Recent Wet Weather A Sign of the Season Ahead?</title>
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We could be entering a period of wetter weather&#8230;or not.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:14:35 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Tough Times Return To Clemson</title>
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Dabo Swinney finds Bowden-like pressure one-year after the coaching change           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:00:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Widening Corruption Scandal Adds to Union County&#8217;s Woes</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; In one of his live reports tonight from in front of the federal courthouse in Greenville, News Channel 7&#8217;s Chris Cato called this &#8220;a dark day for Union County.&#8220;

&nbsp;  &nbsp; Union County has seen more than its share of dark days over the past two years.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; Corruption and unemployment have made for hard times.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; Federal indictments revealed today accuse top current and former county officials of a wide range of corruption charges.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:27:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Not Enough Material For a Blog; Too Many Topics for One Entry</title>
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I talk about President Obama and the Olympics, Michael Vick, Jay Leno and the wisdom of following politicians in a free-wheeling blog that you should be required reading for America&#8217;s youth. Or maybe not.           ]]></description>
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          <title>The Best Weather of the Year</title>
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It&#8217;s my favorite weather of the year, and we&#8217;re seeing it now.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Things Look Rougher For Panthers</title>
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The offense appears incapable of hanging with most teams.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:48:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>What Do You Say After &#8220;That&#8217;s All Folks?&#8220;</title>
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Sunday was a rough day around our house. My nearly nine year old daughter was getting ready for her 12th and final performance as Marta von Trapp in the SCCT production of &#8220;The Sound of Music.&#8220;
The key word is final.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:23:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Discovering One of Spartanburg&#8217;s Unique Downtown Restaurants</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/discovering_one_of_spartanburgs_unique_downtown_restaurants/27308/</link>
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Though my family has lived in Spartanburg for 28 years, we are constantly discovering new things.

I&#8217;ve discovered we have some very fine restaurants, and the days of having to drive to Greenville for quality dining are over.

One of the best discoveries I&#8217;ve made recently happened September 5th when Gayle and I went downtown for the second annual &#8220;Spartanburg Creative Tastes&#8221; festival showcasing local restaurants.&nbsp; It was our first time attending, and we had a terrific time.&nbsp; We mingled with local leaders, friends from work, and buddies we hadn&#8217;t seen in ages.&nbsp; The weather was perfect, and at each booth, restaurants were selling plates of food that looked and smelled amazing.

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          <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:19:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>How Much Rain Actually Fell?</title>
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Here&#8217;s a look at some rani fall totals over the period from September 18-September 22&#8230;when area flooding took place.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:35:43 EST</pubDate>
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Flooding rain for some, not nearly enough rain for others as summer wound down.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:14:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Why, I Ask, Why?</title>
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Byrnes&#8217; J.V. team likely would have won Friday&#8217;s game by 40 points           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:04:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Not Home On The Range &#45; It&#8217;s Where The Skies ARE Cloudy All Day</title>
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Clouds have taken hold of the area and for the most part don&#8217;t want to move out.&nbsp; That with rain still in the forecast will mean a rather gloomy weekend.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:32:07 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Settling into School?</title>
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Now that you have a few weeks under your belt, I&#8217;d like to hear how things are going.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:29:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Breaking Down Patrick Swayze&#8217;s Career to Four Movies</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/breaking_down_patrick_swayzes_career_to_four_movies/26826/</link>
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To me, Patrick Swayze did one thing as an actor: he declared a clear difference between men and women. Women love Dirty Dancing and Ghost. Men love Road House and Point Break.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:29:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>QBs Emerge For The Rivals</title>
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Garcia and Parker seem to have fire in their eyes           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:49:59 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Patrick Swayze&#8217;s Long&#45;Lasting Impact on Lake Lure</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/patrick_swayzes_long-lasting_impact_on_lake_lure/26805/</link>
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&#8220;Do you love me? (I can really move)&nbsp; Do you love me? (I&#8217;m in the groove)&nbsp; Ah do you love? (Do you love me)&nbsp; Now that I can dance?&#8220;

These are the words to the chorus of &#8220;Do You Love Me,&#8220; a 1962 hit for the Contours.

It&#8217;s one of the great songs from the soundtrack of the 1987 movie &#8220;Dirty Dancing.&#8220;

The greatest of the actors in that film has died.

Tonight the Carolinas mourn the passing of Patrick Swayze.
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          <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:32:28 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>502 Reasons My Head Hurts</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/dan_bickford/article/502_reasons_my_head_hurts/26762/</link>
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The first day back from vacation typically undoes any rest and relaxation you may have picked up; blame the email.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:14:56 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Big Event for Dog Lovers Saturday 9/12</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; If you have a dog, or just plain love dogs, there&#8217;s an event for you this Saturday 9/12 in Spartanburg County.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; It&#8217;s the &#8220;Spartanburg Tailgate&#8221; at Va-Du-Mar McMillan Park on McMillan Boulevard in Boiling Springs, 10 am - 2 pm.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; Here are the event highlights from the Spartanburg Parks Commission (formerly Spartanburg County Parks and Recreation):

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          <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:22:40 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>H1N1 in Schools</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/school_watch/article/h1n1_questions/26545/</link>
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H1N1 Top Questions           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:38:26 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Miami And Florida State With A Breath Of Fresh Air</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/pete_yanity/article/miami_and_florida_state_with_a_breath_of_fresh_air/26427/</link>
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&#8216;Canes and &#8216;Noles just played football Monday night           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:35:39 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>College Football Needs a &#8220;Cash For Clunkers&#8221; Program</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/college_football_needs_a_cash_for_clunkers_program/26400/</link>
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If the federal government was so interested in getting gas-guzzling cars off our roads, perhaps our lawmakers will propose another bailout. College football fans need a Cash For Clunkers program.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:14:35 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/college_football_needs_a_cash_for_clunkers_program/26400/#When:15:14:35Z</guid>
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          <title>Ready For Fall</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/christy_henderson/article/ready_for_fall/26230/</link>
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Our summer has been anything but oppressive, but lots of people are ready for the cool fall air to stick around.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:38:48 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Sometimes, You Just Need a Tropical Storm</title>
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It&#8217;s the time of year when we often need to rely on the Tropics to bring us nedded rainfall.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:51:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Governor Sanford Talks To National Media Again</title>
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Governor Mark Sanford has talked to two national media outlets that are out with stories Wednesday. In one article, he is said to describe himself as &#8220;zen-like&#8221; while in the other he says &#8220;I think I now know what Sarah (Palin) may have been feeling,&#8220;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:34:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Things I&#8217;d Like To See</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/pete_yanity/article/things_id_like_to_see/26049/</link>
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If only I could make the rules&#8230;.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:05:54 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Peeks at the Past and the Future at My Wife&#8217;s High School Reunion</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/peeks_at_the_past_and_the_future_at_my_wifes_high_school_reunion/25853/</link>
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My wife&#8217;s fortieth high school reunion last weekend turned out to be fun and a most interesting life lesson.

A lesson in what retirement may be like, and in some cases, should be like.

First let me be honest and tell you I really didn&#8217;t want to go.&nbsp; I figured since it wasn&#8217;t my high school class, I would be bored.&nbsp; But knowing it was important to Gayle that I go, I decided to make the best of it.&nbsp; After all, I really only had to do two things:&nbsp; (1) dress nicely and (2) not say anything stupid or that would embarrass Gayle.

The reunion was in Salisbury, North Carolina.&nbsp; My wife was in the 1969 graduating class of Boyden High School, the last class before the school was renamed Salisbury High School.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:39:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Reduced Fall Color?</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/dan_bickford/article/reduced_fall_color/25657/</link>
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Western Carolina University&#8217;s fall foliage forecaster predicts some muted fall color this season.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:08:14 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A Certain Network Continues Force Feeding Us Two Certain Teams</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/pete_yanity/article/a_certain_network_continues_force_feeding_us_two_certain_teams/25643/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Again we get Yankees/Red Sox           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:40:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Hurricane Names</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/christy_henderson/article/hurricane_names/25632/</link>
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Every year many people are interested to know if their name is on the list of hurricanes.&nbsp; How do we come up with the names, and it there a request line to get yours on there?&nbsp; Read on!           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:13:21 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A TV Gem I Discovered This Weekend</title>
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I stumbled across a movie called &#8216;Zero Hour!&#8216; over the weekend and laughed for more than an hour. Because the movie &#8216;Airplane!&#8216; was taken directly from it, &#8216;Zero Hour!&#8216; is the most unintentionally funny movie I&#8217;ve ever seen.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:29:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>News Channel 7&#8217;s New Hogback Tower Expected to be Ready in a Few Weeks</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/news_channel_7s_new_hogback_tower_expected_to_be_ready_in_a_few_weeks/25393/</link>
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We are just weeks away from having News Channel 7&#8217;s new tower on Hogback Mountain beaming our signal.

Edgar Woodfin, the station&#8217;s Engineering/Transmitter Supervisor, tells me the new tower hopefully should be transmitting by September 15th.&nbsp; General Manager Phil Lane told station employees at a staff meeting today that the target date remains September 1st.

The construction consists of a primary tower that will hold News Channel 7&#8217;s new main and new back-up antennas.

The tower will be 459 feet high, same as the old one, but designed stronger.

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          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:40:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Back&#45;to&#45;School &#45; What&#8217;s New?</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/school_watch/article/back-to-school_-_whats_new/25379/</link>
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Back-to-School - What&#8217;s New?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:34:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Three&#8217;s Hit Home</title>
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You&#8217;ve heard the saying that bad news comes in three&#8217;s.

It couldn&#8217;t be more true at my house.

Maybe &#8220;bad&#8221; is too strong a word for what&#8217;s going on.&nbsp; Actually, it&#8217;s more like &#8220;aggravating.&#8220;

As I write this, the air conditioning to the upstairs portion of my house is out for the third time this summer.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:33:51 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Big Success at WestGate; Another Blood Drive This Weekend</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/big_success_at_westgate_another_blood_drive_this_weekend/25323/</link>
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Thanks a million to all of you who gave your support to the &#8220;Jail Cells for Blood Cells&#8221; blood drive at WestGate Mall this past Saturday 8/15.&nbsp; You&#8217;ll find pictures in my Facebook photo album.

Piedmont Blood Center spokesperson Andrea Wall tells me 65 usable units of blood were collected, including one from me.

I consider myself blessed greatly to be able to share this gift of life.

Wall called Saturday &#8220;a great day.&#8220;&nbsp; She attributes it to community support from donors, the mall, the media and other sponsors.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:12:40 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/big_success_at_westgate_another_blood_drive_this_weekend/25323/#When:03:12:40Z</guid>
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          <title>Clemson&#8217;s QB Situation Resolved, For Now</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/pete_yanity/article/clemsons_qb_situation_resolved_for_now/25275/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
Parker and Korn should eventually have company           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:28:10 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/pete_yanity/article/clemsons_qb_situation_resolved_for_now/25275/#When:06:28:10Z</guid>
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          <title>Tracking the Tropics: It&#8217;s Not More Storms, It&#8217;s Better Equipment</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/dan_bickford/article/tracking_the_tropics_its_not_more_storms_its_better_equipment/25208/</link>
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An increase in the number of tropical systems is less climate change and more technology change.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:49:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Give Blood, Save Lives, Get Me Out of Jail&#8230;</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/dan_bickford/article/give_blood_save_a_life_get_me_out_of_jail/24997/</link>
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Come on out to a Piedmont Blood Center blood drive this Saturday, 8/15 from 9 AM to 5 PM at the Food Court in Spartanburg&#8217;s Westgate Mall.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:16:36 EST</pubDate>
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Each of us has an opportunity this Saturday to save three lives.
 
That&#8217;s the impact each time a person donates blood.
 
This Saturday 8/15 at the WestGate Mall food court in Spartanburg, the Piedmont Blood Center is hosting &#8220;Jail Cells for Blood Cells&#8221; from 9 am - 5 pm.

Imagine a &#8220;jail and bail&#8221; where the emphasis is on collecting blood donations rather than money.&nbsp; You catch the drift!
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          <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:32:05 EST</pubDate>
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Sundays at 11 am, News Channel 7 presents a live broadcast of the worship service at First Baptist Spartanburg.

The First Baptist broadcast has been presented, without interruption, every Sunday since November 21, 1956.

It is by far the longest-running program in WSPA-TV&#8217;s history.

And from now on, when I watch the service, I will remember Frank Owen Ezell of Spartanburg.

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          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:43:52 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/frank_ezell_seniors_legacy_to_the_faith_community_and_news_channel_7/24924/#When:04:43:52Z</guid>
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          <title>Perseid Meteor Shower August 11th and 12th</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/christy_henderson/article/perseid_meteor_shower_august_11th_and_12th/24902/</link>
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The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks Tuesday and Wednesday nights.&nbsp; Unfortunately weather conditions won&#8217;t be prime for good viewing.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:24:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Tropics Heat Up</title>
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We&#8217;re entering what&#8217;s typically the busy time of hurricane season&#8230;and on cue, the Tropics heat up.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:10:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Football Camps Forge On</title>
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Things can heat up now, can&#8217;t they           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:02:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The School Bell Has a New Ring in My Home This Year</title>
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For the first time since 2000, Gayle and I are not buying back-to-college items for our daughters.

With Kayla&#8217;s graduation this past May and Lauren&#8217;s graduation earlier, both our girls have their degrees from Clemson University, and we are super proud of them.&nbsp; Watching each of them cross the stage inside Littlejohn Coliseum and receive their diplomas ranks among the great moments in my life.

But it also means no more mountains of school supplies to buy!

Right?

Wrong!
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          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:34:37 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>I&#8217;m Heading For Vacation; South Carolina Needs A Break Too</title>
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I&#8217;ll be off the air for the next several days for vacation and I think the state could use a little time away as well. At the very least, South Carolina deserves a break. It&#8217;s been a pretty rough summer for the Palmetto State.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:59:51 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/im_heading_for_vacation_south_carolina_needs_a_break_too/24634/#When:15:59:51Z</guid>
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          <title>School Supply Savings</title>
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School Supply Savings           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:03:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A Slow and Fast Hurricane Season</title>
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It&#8217;s been quiet since a very early tropical depression, but it&#8217;s too early to declare this hurricane season a quiet one.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:03:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>A Season Can Change In An Instant</title>
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          <description><![CDATA[
It&#8217;s the injuries that appear to be nothing at first that scare you the most           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:19:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama Beer Summit Needs a Fourth; Paging NORM!</title>
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President Obama, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Cambridge police Sgt. James Crowley plan to sit down for a beer Thursday. I say they need to save a seat at the picnic table for Norm (&#8220;Cheers&#8221;) Peterson.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:10:59 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/obama_beer_summit_needs_a_fourth_paging_norm/24226/#When:13:10:59Z</guid>
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          <title>The Message Of The Spurrier Vote</title>
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Don&#8217;t trust the coaches&#8217; polls           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:06:09 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/pete_yanity/article/the_message_of_the_spurrier_vote/24152/#When:05:06:09Z</guid>
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          <title>When Technology Does Not Make You Smarter</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/dan_bickford/article/when_technology_does_not_make_you_smarter/24104/</link>
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Thanks to exploding technology, we can do much more than ever.&nbsp; Pay too much attention to the technology, and you might just miss something.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:21:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>My Trip To Texas</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/christy_henderson/article/my_trip_to_texas/23862/</link>
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Home to the Hendersons for a visit to Texas - an eventful and memorable trip - for all the right - and sometimes wrong reasons!&nbsp; Here&#8217;s how it all unfolded&#8230;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:19:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>The Chesnee Summer Festival Returns This Saturday</title>
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A little town in Spartanburg County is going big time this Saturday (7/25).

And you&#8217;re invited.

After a three-year absence, the Chesnee Summer Festival is returning.

Festival committee member Al Corey believes the timing is just right.

Like those in so many other communities, residents of Chesnee have endured difficult economic times and the fear brought on by the Cherokee County serial killer.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:32:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Back&#45;to&#45;School Concerns</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/school_watch/article/back-to-school_concerns/23765/</link>
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Back-to-School Concerns           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:11:57 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>My Take On Bowden</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/pete_yanity/article/my_take_on_bowden/23716/</link>
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I don&#8217;t agree that Bowden was shown the door           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:12:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Moon Landing Anniversary Reminds Us How NASA Has Enriched Our Lives</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/moon_landing_anniversary_reminds_us_how_nasa_has_enriched_our_lives/23713/</link>
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I was 15 years old when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.

I remember watching the live broadcast late at night on my family&#8217;s black and white Motorola television set.

I also remember my grandfather, on my mother&#8217;s side, who was in his eighties at the time, never believed a man actually went to the moon.&nbsp; He thought it was fake.

I heard today six percent of Americans (roughly 10 million) side with my late grandfather and believe we never put a man on the moon.

I don&#8217;t know that I&#8217;ll live to see a Mars mission, but I hope it happens.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:05:50 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/moon_landing_anniversary_reminds_us_how_nasa_has_enriched_our_lives/23713/#When:05:05:50Z</guid>
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          <title>Remembering the Moon and Walter Cronkite 40 Years Later and Today</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/remembering_the_moon_and_walter_cronkite_40_years_later_and_today/23659/</link>
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Let&#8217;s mark the 40 year anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon with the man who described their every move back on Earth. We have many video clips of the late CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:42:05 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/remembering_the_moon_and_walter_cronkite_40_years_later_and_today/23659/#When:12:42:05Z</guid>
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          <title>Remembering Walter Cronkite and His Visit to Spartanburg</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/remembering_walter_cronkite_and_his_visit_to_spartanburg/23618/</link>
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&nbsp;   Walter Cronkite played a huge role in one of the proudest moments in the history of WSPA-TV.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; He came to Spartanburg on March 19, 1977 to participate in the gold shovel ground-breaking ceremony of the station&#8217;s new facility at Interstates 85 and 26 which opened in April 1979 and where we broadcast to this day.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; During that trip, Cronkite also visited the station&#8217;s old facility in downtown Spartanburg and gave a speech to the Spartanburg County Foundation at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; Former News Channel 7 photojournalist Mike Allen documented Cronkite&#8217;s visit to Spartanburg.
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          <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:03:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Upstate Teacher in Right Place, Right Time to See McCartney&#8217;s Letterman Performance in NYC</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/upstate_teacher_in_right_place_right_time_to_see_mccartneys_letterman_perfo/23552/</link>
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My musical tastes fall into two categories.

The Beatles.

And everyone else.

That gives you an idea of what a huge Fab Four fan I&#8217;ve been since I first heard one of my classmates talking in our elementary school lunch line about the &#8220;Meet the Beatles&#8221; album.

I wish I could&#8217;ve traded places Wednesday night (7/15) with Ashley Palermo, a recent Clemson University graduate who starts her teaching career this fall at West Oak Middle School in Oconee County, SC.&nbsp; She and my daughter Kayla were college friends.
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          <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:30:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama Getting Tons of Collateral Media Coverage</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/obama_getting_tons_of_collateral_media_coverage/23449/</link>
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President Obama&#8217;s pitch before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game keeps a trend of collateral coverage from the media going, following his teleprompter falling down on the job and the alleged &#8220;busted&#8221; moment.

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          <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:56:48 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/obama_getting_tons_of_collateral_media_coverage/23449/#When:15:56:48Z</guid>
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          <title>Baseball Greed Is Back And Listing Some Top High School Football Players</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/pete_yanity/article/baseball_greed_is_back_and_listing_some_top_high_school_football_players/23362/</link>
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There are some current are high school football players who match-up with the best I&#8217;ve seen.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:45:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Recent Weather News: A Drought and an El Nino</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/dan_bickford/article/recent_weather_news_a_drought_and_an_el_nino/23309/</link>
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We&#8217;re back in a dry spell and an El Nino is developing.&nbsp; One may effect the other down the road.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:36:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>My First Experience With Chiropractic</title>
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Many of you followed with interest my experience over the last couple of years with sleep apnea.

I&#8217;m happy to tell you I continue to do much better thanks to the dental appliance I wear when I sleep.

This week I&#8217;ve had an entirely new medical experience:&nbsp; my first true exposure to chiropractic.

I won&#8217;t go into detail about my conditions that are being treated or the doctor.

But I will tell you it&#8217;s been an eye-opening, back-popping week.
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          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:29:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>It&#8217;s Baaack!</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/christy_henderson/article/its_baaack/23220/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[
El Nino was announced to be officially back as of July 9th.&nbsp; What is El Nino and what does it mean to us?&nbsp;            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:19:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Amy Wood blog has moved</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/amy_wood/article/amy_wood_blog_has_moved/23216/</link>
          <description><![CDATA[

Head to http://www.TheRibbit.com for Amy Wood&#8217;s blog 

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          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:43:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Celebrities: Better Loved Dead or Alive?</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/celebrities_better_loved_dead_or_alive/23167/</link>
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Q Score - the mysterious marketing number that gauges a performer&#8217;s popularity - is out with some numbers showing some celebrities become more popular in death than when they were alive.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:58:19 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/fred_cunningham/article/celebrities_better_loved_dead_or_alive/23167/#When:11:58:19Z</guid>
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          <title>Summer Doldrums&#8230;and Not Just with the Weather</title>
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Typical summer weather means there&#8217;s not a whole lot to talk about&#8230;that&#8217;s not necessarily a bad thing.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:26:34 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/dan_bickford/article/summer_doldrums...and_not_just_with_the_weather/23007/#When:13:26:34Z</guid>
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          <title>Let the Healing Begin</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; &#8220;At some point, the criminal justice system is going to need to explain why this person was out on the street.&nbsp; We owe this to the victims and citizens of the community who lived in terror for days.&#8220;

&nbsp;  &nbsp; This quote is from SLED Chief Reggie Lloyd.

&nbsp;  &nbsp; And to me, it was the quote of the night outside the Cherokee County, South Carolina Sheriff&#8217;s Office.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:04:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Stephens On The Move</title>
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Can we avoid moments like the ACC&#8217;s baseball tourney move in the future?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:51:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>July 4th, 2009:&amp;nbsp; The Fight for Freedom in Cherokee County, SC</title>
          <link>http://www2.wspa.com/spa/social_networking/blogs/tom_crabtree/article/july_4th_2009_the_fight_for_freedom_in_cherokee_county_sc/22633/</link>
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America&#8217;s patriotic celebrations, like July 4th, include many references to battles fought and sacrifices made in the name of freedom.

Even in our national anthem, we sing about &#8220;the rockets&#8217; red glare, the bombs bursting in air.&#8220; 

This holiday, thousands of our troops continue fighting a battle for freedom in Afghanistan and Iraq.&nbsp; Others are keeping an eye on rogue nations that would threaten the freedoms Americans cherish.

In Cherokee County, South Carolina, the threat to freedom is different but very real and serious.

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          <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:37:12 EST</pubDate>
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Twitter and Facebook are helping us get news and information to you faster than ever, but the untimely death of TV pitchman Billy Mays is a reminder that the course of events hasn&#8217;t completely kept up with our technical advances.           ]]></description>
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On average, we&#8217;re now entering the hottest time of the year, meaning the eventual downward turn in temperatures won&#8217;t be too far off.           ]]></description>
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The Thornblade Club in Greer becomes an epicenter of talent           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:13:15 EST</pubDate>
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 got to see Spartanburg&#8217;s &#8220;Red, White and Boom&#8221; in person this past Friday (June 26).

What a great night!

My wife and I returned from a beach vacation in time to take in the City of Spartanburg&#8217;s official Fourth of July celebration for the first time.
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