Monday, January 28, 2008

He Didn't Make The List, But He Should Have!

Victor Schreckengost
- He Didn't Make The Celebrity Obituary List - But He Should Have!

by Fred Chenevey
fchenevey@whbc.com

Viktor Schreckengost didn't make the celebrity Obit list, but he should have. 

In the world of art, ceramic art and design, he was a Super Star, and from little ole Sebring, Ohio.

Sebring was a pottery town around the turn of the century. 

His pop gave him a lump of clay one day and told him to do something with it - did he ever.

He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in '29 and finished there 70 years later, teaching generations of young artists.

He may be best know for the piece commissioned by Eleanor Roosevelt - "The Jazz Bowl."

Check him out by "googling" him on the internet or look around this site at http://www.viktorschreckengost.org/ .
Be sure to go to the "About Victor" section.

He was called "America's  Da Vinci."

He also designed the Very Coolest Little Peddle Cars, usually...that only the rich kids got.
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Sunday, January 06, 2008

Hats off to Papa & Momma Bear!

A whole bunch of folks had a Great Time Friday evening. 

I was one of them attending the Papa Bears Dance party at the Canton Civic Center. 
The money raised goes to the Canton ex-Newsboys, a 100 percent charity that buys
hats, gloves, coats and shoes for kids right here in Stark County. 

Two great local bands kept the crowd on the dance floor, Jimmy and the Soul Blazers and LaFlavour. 

I saw a hundred people I know, and made a few New friends.

When this comes up again next year, make sure you're there.

Hats off to Mr. and Mrs. DePietro, The Papa and Momma Bear, for supporting so many area charities.

Fred
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Pam Makes a Case for the Browns?

Pam makes a case for a Cleveland Brown?

Okay, I know most of you are not going to believe this but . . .

I am actually really mad that Cleveland Brown's offensive lineman Joe Thomas
did not win the NFL "Rookie of the Year" award. 

Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings was the winner. 
When I heard that it made me think and I decided to look into it. 

Peterson was the "sexy" pick. 
Yes, he set a new NFL single game rushing record
and almost got the Vikings in to the playoffs single-handedly,
but did you know he only had a little more than 300 yards over his last seven games? 

Peterson was hurt for several games and the Vikings remained in the hunt. 

On the other side of the story --
Joe Thomas is the reason the Cleveland Browns made their stunning turn around this year
and were the "feel good" story of the year.  The Browns only gave up on average a half a sack a game. 
That is an unbelievable statistic.  He is a Pro Bowler in my mind. 
Derek Anderson had a great year but could not have done it without Joe Thomas. 
If you isolated him during a game you were amazed by his strength and smarts for a first year player. 

As a life-long Steeler fan, I know what a good offensive line can do for you. 
The Steelers are heading into the playoffs having lost 3 offensive lineman this season,
2 in the past few days.  A guy off their practice squad (who played for a D-II school) will start Saturday night. 
Those injuries hurt way more than the loss of Willie Parker. 

Browns fans suffered through quarterback after quarterback because of a porous offensive line. 
They fixed it by making Joe Thomas their #1 pick, and they became playoff contenders. 

I never thought I'd find myself defending someone who wears an orange helmet,
but someone, please, give Joe Thomas his due!!!!! 
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