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Roethlisberger a man without a real hometown

DAVE HACKENBERG

2010

Overview

Cory Rawson isn't a big place. Some will insist it isn't even a place. But Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback [Ben Roethlisberger] says otherwise. It's listed as his hometown now, which I guess is a way for him to flip the middle digit at some folks in Findlay, his old hometown, who haven't been real supportive lately. ([Homer Dibley] explains that six people have died since the '94 election, when even Mrs. Dibley voted for [Irma Shelhorn]. He lists four natural deaths, one accidental, and one homicide, which was how Irma became the Widow Shelhorn, although nobody informed the county sheriff because old Ralph, Irma's husband, drank some and was just rotten to the core.) \"He's a jerk,\" the mayor said, pressing a cold glass of sweet tea against her forehead. \"I understand the drinkin', but that stuff with the girls, hell, even Ralph never did nothin' like that. And Ben 'purt near killed himself on that motorbike once too. And now, worst of all, he turned his back on his roots. I bet Findlay don't want him no more either. I know we don't, for dadgum sure.\"

• Publisher: The Blade
• Subject: Dibley, Homer / Rawson, Cory / Roethlisberger, Ben / Shelhorn, Irma