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Sometimes I wonder how much money I spent during my youth on magazines such as Tiger Beat and 16 Magazine .  It was the one way I could obtain all the pin-ups I wanted of my “favs” such as the Osmonds, David Cassidy, The Bay City Rollers and Rick Springfield.   I actually made the switch from buying Matchbox cars with my allowance money to buying teen magazines a little early…..I was six.   Yes, that’s a little early to be reading a magazine written for giggly teenage girls, but then again…..I did have an older sister, and I wanted to do everything that she did.  The other reason I began to buy the teen rags had to do with a special young man…..Bobby Sherman. Oh….be still my heart.   On September 25, 1968 Bobby Sherman entered my life and nothing was ever the same.  I’m sure he would tell you the same thing.    It was a telepathic “thing”, but he and I were going to be together forever. Of court that date in 1968 coincides with...

For 25 years the National Trust for Historic Preservation has been alerting the general public regarding endangered historic places.  Approximately 230 “threatened one-of-a-kind-historic treasures” have been identified since 1988.  Whether these sites are urban districts or rural landscapes, Native American landmarks,  20 th -century sports arenas, entire communities or single buildings, the list spotlights historic places across America that are threatened by neglect, insufficient funds, inappropriate development, or insensitive public policy. The main website for this year’s list can be found here . This year’s list includes a wide variety of places: The Village of Zoar located in Zoar, Ohio…. The historic Village of Zoar, home to nearly 200 residents, is protected from flooding by a levee built in the 1930s. Record floods in 2005, however, raised concern about the levee’s integrity. Now, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has started a three-year study to assess the le...