Spirit of the season

Spirit of the season

kIF YOU PASS Brian Dunn’s house in Boardman Township, you may have noticed some spooky and bizarre scenes in front of his abode. Dunn, above, went all out with decorations for Halloween.

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THE VINDICATOR

Help a local school

k The Vindicator’s Newspaper in Education program is sponsoring a fundraiser for classroom newspapers Thursday. The public can call (330) 746-6565 or (800) 686-5003 Thursday only between 6 and 7 p.m. to buy a $50 gift certificate for only $30. A full list of donated certificates appears in today’s Vindicator. Please see Thursday’s Vindicator for a full list of rules and certificate descriptions.

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SPORTS

Must-win situation

kTHE SCOREBOARD at Spartan Stadium won’t be the only one being watched by the Boardman High football team and coaches Friday night. The Spartans (6-3), who play host to rival Austintown Fitch (1-8) at 7:30 p.m., must win to ensure themselves a spot in the OHSAA playoffs that begin Nov. 2.

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Explaining loss

kYSU SENIOR quarterback Tom Zetts is not one to shrug off the importance of his position to the football team. Zetts said this week that some of the Penguins’ failure last week in a crucial 27-22 loss to Illinois State falls on his shoulders and his alone.

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BUSINESS

Green light for bid

kSPORTS CAR maker Porsche has an open road to make another bid for Volkswagen now that the European Union’s highest court struck down the nearly 50-year-old “VW law” enacted to protect Europe’s largest automaker from a hostile takeover.

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WORLD

Deaths decline

kOCTOBER IS on course to record the second consecutive decline in U.S. military and Iraqi civilian deaths, and American commanders say they know why: the U.S. troop increase and an Iraqi groundswell against al-Qaida and Shiite militia extremists.

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