It's Stark

Who will win Ohio?

The Trailwatch blog has a great post about a delegate counter that allows you to make your own prediction about the Democratic primary in Ohio and in all the other remaining primaries. You can apportion the delegates the way you think they will go and the counter will tell you who will win the nomination. Try it.
And try different paths to primary victory for Clinton or Obama. However you do it, Ohio is a vital part of the equation.

Green and Monk coming to Canton

Redskins fans will be there in force this summer. Darrell Green and Art Monk deserve to be inducted. After this evening's half-time show, however, don't expect to find Tom Petty in Canton. He has his fans, but the vocals -- or maybe the miking -- did not have a Hall of Fame sound.
From The Washington Post:

They had assumed this day was coming. Green, in his first year of eligibility for the Hall, was a certainty to be elected by a committee of sportswriters -- one from each NFL city and several at-large -- but Monk's case had been a source of consternation around Washington. How was it that the player who once held NFL records with 106 receptions in a season and 164 consecutive games with a catch was not in the Hall?

Voters had long complained he was not what football people call "a deep threat" but rather a "possession receiver" who mostly caught short passes for first downs rather than long touchdowns. But all that was forgotten Saturday.

Arts in Stark -- garbage containers, art projects

Summer employment for teenagers

The YMCA has a number of job openings and many of them are suitable for teenagers. The best applicants will think carefully about how showcase their skills and dedication. Reading the blog from the founders of myfirstpaycheck is a good way to prepare. Need to gain experience before you apply? Start as a volunteer. It's a good way to prove yourself and make contacts with people who will provide references when you do apply for a paying position.

I-77

Click for an Interstate 77 joke.

Branhaven

Branhaven Tennis and Swim Club, on Portage in North Canton, has one of the larger outdoor pools in the area.

Football

Are there some Rutgers football players in the Hall of Fame? Will there be in the next generation?

Glenmoor

There is an outdoor pool at Glenmoor Country Club. This Google map aerial seems to show it without water, but that's difficult to tell for sure. Many other pools are featured in PoolTalk.

Population stats

The metro area population is 402.460, according to the latest figures. Most of that, 378,098, is in Stark County. Of that subtotal, 80,806 are in Canton. Cost of living in Canton is rated at 94 percent of the national average, with unemployment at 9.2 percent for Canton, above the rate for Ohio and for the nation.

Households

Household growth from 2000 to 2005 in Stark County was steady, but slow: 157,266 units grew to 162,337, about 3.2 percent growth over the five years. As a point of comparison, Lancaster County, Pa., grew to 190,000 households from 180,000 households in the same period, about 5.5 percent growth.