A side note to the big TV competition.  My co-anchor Michael Riecke and I will be keenly watching this season.  We've both signed up for the Local Dancing with the Stars Competition.  It's a fundraiser to save the grand George and Rebecca Barnes home on James Street that is so rich in history.  We'll take the Hotel Syracuse Dance Floor on April 18th.  We've been training for about six weeks now and my talented colleague has already mastered triple ball steps, lifts and complicated swings steps!  That's okay.  Slow...and steady right?  I have much to learn and I am truly aching from neck to toe.  My toes really aren't very pretty right now.  For my first lesson, I showed up in my Converse sneakers. My young instructor shook his head and said...well, I guess we've got some work to do. He informed me that sneakers weren't going to cut it if I was serious about winning this competition.  So, I'm practicing each week in heels. UGH!   I'll address this one to all the women reading this,  Do you know how, at the end of a wedding reception, your feet burn and you can't stand it anymore?  Now you understand my pain!!  But, I'm determined!  To be continued....