Coffee
with the Commissioner
Commissioner Mike Stegall will be at Wayne Lakes Park on Saturday,
March 2nd for a “Coffee with the Commissioner” gathering.
Commissioner Stegall will be there starting at 9:00
a.m.
This is the first time the Commissioner has been to Wayne Lakes and
since this is where he grew up, he is looking forward to the
visit. This meeting, like all the others, will be very
informal
with everyone able to ask questions about government, or happenings in
the County. Everyone is invited to attend and the meeting... read
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Darke
County Visitors Bureau… Urban-Country
Spirit
March 2013 - Bring along your sense of discovery to experience small
town charm, distinct shopping districts, and our land’s rich frontier
heritage and urban-country spirit... uniquely Darke County. For more
information on events taking place throughout the year in Darke County,
visit our website at VisitDarkeCounty.org You can also catch up with us
on Facebook. March 1 - First Fridays: Culinary Tour. Eat and sip your
way through the urban... read
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A
community helping in need... Linda
Malott Chicken BBQ Benefit
Kickoff began for the Linda Malott Chicken BBQ Benefit to be held on
March 17, 2013 from 11am to 1pm; $7 pre-sale carry out tickets
only. Tickets can be purchased at The
A&B Coffee
and Cake Co. or any Second National Bank, Darke County
Location.
The $7 meal includes ½ chicken, applesauce, chips, roll &
butter
prepared by Paul Mueller’s BBQ. Meals can be picked
up
between 11 am to 1 pm at the Greenville City Park Shelter #3 next to...
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Versailles Relay for Life to be
held in July,
By Kathy Magoto
The Darke County Relay for Life Committee recently held their
organizational “Kick Off” meeting. The meeting was
led by
Co-Chair Lois Lyons. Also on hand was Co-Chair Dawn Sanders
and
American Cancer Society (ACS) Staff Partner, Mark Kaufman. The meeting
was designed to introduce the many volunteers by committee and team and
to address any questions, as well as, brainstorm for the Darke County
Relay for Life event which will be held at Heritage Park in Versailles
on July 19th... read
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Darke
County
Parks… Inside
the Sugar Shack
Join the Darke County Parks on Saturday, March 2nd from 7:30am-4:00pm
for Maple Sugarin’ at the Prairie! This early spring day at
Shawnee Prairie offers guided tours through history and science as we
learn the process of turning sap into syrup. After our tour
through the woods, we’ll visit the Sugar Shack, where you can warm up
in the steam-filled evaporator room as the sap spends countless hours
on a boil to reduce it down to... read
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Darke
County
Center for the Arts… DCCA
presents “Operation Lunch Line” in local schools
“Kid Power Operation Lunch Line,” an interactive musical show designed
to help children discover the value of good nutrition, will be Darke
County Center for the Arts final presentation in its Arts In Education
series for this school year. The show which will be performed for
kindergarten through third grade students in all local public schools
during the week of March 15 is free and open to the public. “This show
uses spectacular... read
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Attention
Veterans
On Sunday, March 3rd the U.S. Air Force Band of Flight’s “Night Flight
Jazz Ensemble” will be performing at the Versailles High School
Performing Arts Center at 3pm. At least one very familiar face will be
among the musicians, that is former VHS band director Tech Sergeant Dan
Bentley. Sgt Bentley has been instrumental in bringing this
“free
to the public” performance to the Versailles area. (Bentley’s
wife is VHS Alumni Shannon Stuck, daughter of Donna & Carl
Stuck.)
In a conversation with Sgt... read
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$1.00
Bag Days set at
Clothing Bank
Clothing Bank Bag Days at Community Action Partnership of Darke County,
has been set for March 6 & 8 from 9 – 3 pm on all winter
clothing
only: sweaters, flannel shirts, heavy pants, all winter items, all you
can fit in the bag for just $1.00 each! Bags will be provided by Sue
Waddell, Clothing Bank Coordinator. Sue stated, “We need to clear the
Winter items to get ready for Spring and Summer, so come on out!
There’s lots of room in the bags... read
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OSU
Extension: Dining
with Diabetes
If you have diabetes, if you have a family member with diabetes or if
you support and care for someone with diabetes, you will want to enroll
in Dining with Diabetes, an educational class designed to help you
learn to reduce sugar, salt and fat in food and better control blood
sugar. Dining with Diabetes will be offered on Wednesday, April 3rd,
10th, and April 17th, at the OSU Extension Learning Center, 603 Wagner
Avenue, Greenville, Ohio. The class fee is $25.00, which
covers
the food for... read
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Children’s
Art Class
Openings
GREENVILLE –The Art-Rageous Experience – Children’s Art Program has a
few openings for children aged 4 through 7 years old in the current
session of classes – and your child can begin immediately.
The
children work on all kinds of visual arts each Saturday morning along
with the support and encouragement of their parent or other
adult. There are different projects each week and they also
learn... read
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Big
Brothers Big Sisters… BBBS
needs
Sponsors for “Bowl for Kids’ Sake”
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke Counties announce the
annual bowling fundraiser, when hundreds of area bowlers team up to
support the agency’s biggest event of the year. We’re
recruiting
bowlers and sponsors to help with our bowling party. Bowling
For
Kids’ Sake is a national event with almost 700 local agencies holding
their own bowling parties to fund their year-round one-to-one mentoring
program between caring... read
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Darke
County Friends of the Shelter… It’s
time for Pictures with the Easter Bunny
Get your Pet's Picture taken with the EASTER BUNNY on Saturday, March
9th , 2013 from 10am to 2pm at Greenville Walmart in the Garden Center.
The “Darke County Friends of the Shelter”, a 501c3 organization, and
Wal-Mart will be taking pictures of your companion animals with Easter
Bunny. All animals must enter Wal-Mart through the Garden Center
entrance. The cost of the photo is only $3.00 and all proceeds will go
to... read
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Darke
County Parks… Maple
Sugarin’ at
the Prairie
The trees have been tapped, the temperatures are just right and the sap
is flowing! Join the Darke County Parks on
Saturday, March
2nd from 7:30am-4:00pm for Maple Sugarin’ at the
Prairie!
This early spring day at Shawnee Prairie offers guided tours through
history and science as we learn the process of turning sap into
syrup. After our tour through the woods, we’ll visit the
Sugar
Shack, where you can warm up in the steam-filled evaporator... read
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Greenville
Friends of the Library… Sharon
Short at Author's Night
The Friends of the Greenville Public Library are proud to announce
writer Sharon Short as their special guest at Author's Night Friday,
February 22nd. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. at Montage in downtown
Greenville - in plenty of time to enjoy supper or food & drinks
throughout the evening. J.R. Price and Bill Westfall provide
lively, fun music; Sharon will go on at 7:00. Sharon Short is the
author of the novel My One Square Inch of Alaska (published by... read
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Darke
County Parks… Woodcock
Watch
The spring courtship ritual of this unique bird is a treat to behold.
Join a Darke County Parks’ Naturalist on Thursday, February 28th at
5:30pm as we spy on the male woodcock as he struts his stuff and shows
off his aerobatics for the ladies. Quite an unusual looking
“shore”-bird, the woodcock is present most of the year, but we only get
good looks during its short mating season. Meet at the Nature Center
(4267 State Route 502 West) and we’ll... read
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Bowl
For Kids’ Sake 2013… Bowling
Teams and Sponsors Still Needed
The bowl-a-thon will be held Friday, March 1, from 5-6 p.m. at Bel-Mar
Lanes in Sidney and Treaty Lanes in Greenville, and Sunday, March 3,
from 12-5 p.m. at Bel-Mar Lanes in Sidney and Treaty Lanes in
Greenvile. The festive atmosphere will again feature
glow-in-the-dark bowling lanes, pins, and bowling balls. We
also
have a great line up of prizes, such as a choice of $500 cash, Apple
Ipad, Kindle Fire and much more... read
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Main Street Greenville… March
First Friday Stirs up a Culinary Tour
Take part in a Culinary Tour of downtown Greenville during March’s
first Friday on March 1. Eat and sip your way through the urban
spirited district that is on the rise of a new generation of
entrepreneurs. The tour will consist of several small groups guided by
energetic foodies & connoisseurs of downtown highlighting
amazing
gourmet offerings one would not know existed in Darke County.
Sponsored... read
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Conference
to Help
Small Farm Owners 'Open Doors to Success' By
Sam Custer
WILMINGTON, Ohio -- Small farm owners who want to learn more about how
to make their farms work better for them by increasing profits,
increasing marketing efforts, expanding operations, or adding new
educational or agritainment amenities can attend workshops and
presentations on these and more issues during a small farm conference
on March 8-9 in Wilmington, Ohio. The "Opening Doors to Success"
conference and trade show is designed to help producers learn more
tips... read
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DCCA
presents Dance
Ensemble in Local Schools
Darke County Center for the Arts will present the Eisenhower Dance
Ensemble's “Kids 'n Motion” program to fourth through six grade
students in all local public schools during the week of February 25.
“Laurie Eisenhower's company presents an exciting and athletic show
that teaches students about the many aspects of dance,” said DCCA
Artistic Director Keith Rawlins. “Their interactive presentation is fun
and entertaining; the students don't even notice that they are being
educated,” he... read
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Darke County Parks… Maple
Sugarin’ at the Prairie
Freezing nights and thawing days are the start to a jar of maple
syrup! Without these temperature fluctuations, people would
never
have discovered such a wonderful treat. Saturday, March 2nd from 7:30
am-4:00 pm is Maple Sugarin’ at the Prairie! This early
spring
weekend at Shawnee Prairie offers guided tours through history and
science as we learn the process of turning sap into syrup... read
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Darke County
Commissioners
The County Offices will be closed on Monday,
February 18, 2013, for ‘Presidents Day’
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OSU
Extension Darke
County… Upcoming
Training
Meetings, By Sam Custer
Darke County Private Pesticide Applicator Recertification Training –
February 27 - If you need to be recertified and have not registered
yet, start first at the OSU Extension Pesticide Safety Education
Program website at www.pested.osu.edu website. You will be
able
to register on line for one of our re-certification meetings at the
site. If you do not have the ability to log in to the site contact our
office for a hard copy of the registration. We will be conducting the
Pesticide Recertification Training for... read
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Garst
Museum… Stories
of Long Ago:
Longtown; Event
scheduled: Feb. 24, 2 p.m.
The third program in our 2012/3013 Free Lecture Series features
speaker, Roane Smothers, of the Union Literary Institute Preservation
Society. Roane will be sharing more stories and background on the
Longtown settlement. Longtown was a predominantly African American
settlement in Darke County that included people of African, European,
and American Indian ancestry. The population included many freed or
runaway slaves. With... read
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Darke
County Parks… Backyard
Sugaring
Just in time for the upcoming maple sugaring season, join the Darke
County Park District on Saturday, February 16th at 1:00 pm to learn
this new skill! At the program, you will learn how to tap your own
maples, how and when to collect the sap and how to go about turning
that sap into maple goodness! Demonstrations and hands-on experience
will ensure that by the end of the program, you’ll have the skills
needed to produce your very own maple... read
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Darke
County Parks… Winter
Day Camp:
Where’s the Wildlife?
We hear you have a day off school!? Come and join us at the Nature
Center on Monday, February 18th as we explore winter’s wildlife. Camp
for grades K-3 will from 9:30am-12:00pm and 1:30pm- 4:00pm for grades
4-6. We’ll discover which animals are still found at Shawnee Prairie
Preserve and which ones are hiding for the winter and where they may
have gone! Activities, games, a snack, winter’s hike, and craft will
all be a part of this day. ... read
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DCCA announces new St. Patrick’s
Day Event
Darke County Center for the Arts has planned a new event they've named
“Irish Wave” to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and raise funds to support
the organization's many programs. The festivities, which include music,
food, and beer tasting, will take place at Turtle Creek Golf Club, 6545
U.S. Route 36 East, Greenville, on Friday, March 8; the doors open at
6:30 p.m. Beers to be tasted are from the Cincinnati's Mt. Carmel
Brewery; eight tastes are included in the price of admission. The
extensive food list
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Darke
County Photography Club… Photo
Club Hosts Meeting and Workshop, Event
scheduled Feb. 19
The Darke County Photography Club is pleased to share the details of
the upcoming events on their calendar. First, the next meeting of the
Photo Club will be Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at 7:00 pm, at the
Shawnee Prairie Nature Center.
Please feel free to bring one photo that best represents this month’s
theme “Architecture” to share with the club during the feedback
session. Next, the club will host a workshop with Troy Baker entitled
“Advanced... read
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Garst
Museum… Booktalk
at The Museum Store
Join us on Saturday, February 16th as The Museum Store at Garst hosts
author, Scott D. Trostel, for a talk and book signing for his book, And
Through the Black Night of Terror. We have all heard the
stories
of the events that occurred in Dayton during the Great Flood of
1913. Now, find out how the people of the Northern Miami
Valley
coped with this natural disaster. Scott has researched
through
many archives to piece together how the counties of... read
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Darke County Republican Men's Club
The February meeting will be at the Brethren Home Retirement Community
on 2-16-13 at 8:00 a.m. in the Chestnut Cafe' (formerly the employee's
cafeteria). We have a breakfast buffet for a $6 "donation".
Arriving early allows you to get started on your breakfast and enjoy
the company of the other Club Members and Friends. Our guest will be
Sandra Brasington, Western Regional Liaison for Governor Kasich.
Information is always available at the Republican Men's Club website:
http://www.darkegop.org/mens-club.html
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Darke
County Parks… Adena
Culture of
Ohio: The 1st Mound Builders
Join us on Saturday, February 16th at 10:00am as we welcome respected
author and editor, Bob Converse, as he shares his knowledge of the
prehistoric Adena culture which thrived in Ohio around 3,000 to 4,000
years ago. He will explain how these unique people introduced
the
first pottery, built the first burial mounds, and fashioned amazing
tools made of flint and slate. There will be many displays of Adena
artifacts from Darke County... read
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CAP
Presidents’ Day closing
Community Action Partnership will be closed Feb. 18, 2013, in honor of
Presidents’ Day. This includes Darke County Metropolitan Housing
Authority. Normal hours will resume Tues., Feb. 19, 2013.
Transportation service available - CAP Community Transportation will be
in operation for those who need service on Presidents’ Day, Mon., Feb.
18, 2013. Reservations should be made by Fri., Feb. 15 for
transportation by calling 547-9129.
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Greenville Masonic Lodge and
Greenville
High School Girls Softball team up
Greenville Masonic Lodge No. 143 and the Lady Wave Softball team are
hosting a Spaghetti Dinner on Saturday, February 16th!
Greenville Lodge is once again proud to help the team raise money by
hosting this event.
The Lady Wave team faces many financial challenges every year. This has
become an annual event to help the girls raise money and cover the many
costs they incur. The girls need to raise extra money this year in
order to cover the cost of the much needed renovations to their
stadium.
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WIPEOUT
– LIVE
Theatre – THIS Friday & Saturday!
WIPEOUT will be presented on February 8th & 9th , 7:00 pm at
the
Greenville Lighthouse Christian by our very own Greenville Jr. High
Students! This lively musical includes over 30 students and two adult
actors singing through a silly story that will keep your toes tapping!
Lots of hard work has gone into this year’s production! Due to the
closure of Memorial Hall this year’s show had to be relocated to
Lighthouse Christian Center. A big thank you goes out to the Lighthouse
Christian Center for the
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Darke County Visitors Bureau... Live
& Local
Enjoy the 'live & local' scene in Darke County; the atmosphere
brims with rich, authentic local flavor whether told through music,
song or story. Come experience our Urban Country Spirit.
For more information on events taking place throughout the year in
Darke County, visit our website at VisitDarkeCounty.org You can also
catch up with us on Facebook.
February 8 - Eric Loy at The Inn at Versailles. Enjoy the acoustic
sounds of this
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Bradford
Ohio Railroad Museum… Dining
By Rail to be held April 13
The second annual Dining By Rail will be held April 13, 2013. This year
the Dinner Train has moved on down the line to Covington, Ohio and will
be held at the Covington Eagles at 715 E Broadway Street. The dinner
consists of authentic railroad recipes from the railroad companies that
were known for their great Dining Car Service. Our Chef is Michael
James of Catering by Michael’s from Greenville. He received great
reviews last year and is sure to please our diners this year with new
recipes... read
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Darke
County Prepares
for Earthquakes
The Darke County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
and the Darke County Chapter of the American Red Cross are working
together to prepare for an earthquake should this event ever occur. At
10:15 a.m. on February 7, the Darke County Emergency Management Agency
will partner with the Darke County Chapter of the American Red Cross,
and Drop, Cover and... read
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Western
Ohio OSU
Extension Winter Meetings, By Sam Custer
Adapting Agriculture to Extreme Weather - February 6 - The winter
meeting topic of the Ohio Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation
Society will be: “Adapting Agriculture to Extreme Weather”.
Featured speakers will be Dr. Lonnie Thompson, Distinguished Professor
with the Byrd Polar Research Center on: “Global Climate
Change:
Glaciers, Agriculture and People”. Also Jeff Rodgers, Ohio
State
Climatologist on... read
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Junior
High Theatre
Group Rides the Wave in WIPEOUT!
Every year the Junior High Theatre Workshop troupe diligently works to
present an exciting theatre performance for the community while
learning the basics of all facets of theatre production. This year’s
show is titled WIPEOUT, presented on February 8th and 9th at Greenville
Lighthouse Christian with over 30 students and two adult actors
actively participating. The show kicked off before... read
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Relay for Life coming February 11,
By Kathy Magoto
The Darke County Relay for Life Committee is gearing up for this year’s
Kick Off Celebration which will be Monday, February 11th. The
one
hour event will begin at 6:30 pm at Shawnee Prairie Preserve, which is
located at 4267 State Route 502, Greenville. This
year’s
theme for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life is “Don’t Monkey
Around--We’re Wild About Finding A Cure”. Everyone is invited to attend
to this event in which you’ll learn more about the program and ways you
can help. Remember the... read
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Great
Darke County Fair… Elephant
Encounter coming to the Fair
The Board of Directors for The Great Darke County Fair are pleased to
announce that the ELEPHANT ENCOUNTER will perform 3 shows daily (3pm,
5pm, 7pm) beginning Monday, August 19th and ending Saturday, August
24th. ELEPHANT ENCOUNTER is an educational and entertaining experience
for the entire family, as they guide you through an up close and
personal encounter with the world’s largest animals. No place,
anywhere... read
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Greenville
Art Guild...
Live
Model drawing session offered
Trying your hand at drawing for the first time or working on honing
your skills? Either one, Drawing from Live Models is the place for you.
Each year, the Greenville Art Guild holds this opportunity for all
skill levels, beginners to experienced artists, to gather at the
Brethren Retirement Community to draw from life, with three widely
varying models.
This fun event takes place Monday, February 4 from 7 to 9 p.m.on the
4th floor of BRC. To join in this creative good time, enter the
building at the main entrance
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Darke
County Parks...
Waffle
Breakfast
The Friends of the Darke County Parks will once again be hosting their
annual Waffle and Sausage Breakfast on Saturday, March 2nd from
7:00am-10:30am at the Nature Center, 4267 St. Rt. 502 West. They will
be serving up a hearty breakfast of waffles, sausage, juice, coffee and
of course pure Ohio Maple Syrup! Tickets are available for a $5
donation, call the Nature Center or purchase them from any Friend of
the Parks member, ... read
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