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BBBS
Recruitment Challenge
Big
Brothers Big
Sisters gears up for a volunteer recruitment challenge to help match
more than 22 children!!!
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County Board of
Trustees
and staff recently kicked off Volunteer Recruitment Challenge 2014 on
Tuesday, January 21st at the monthly board meeting. During
the
next seven weeks, teams consisting of local board members and agency
staff will be competing against each other to earn points by reaching
out to the community...
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Warner:
“A
truly humbling experience” By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE – One student dropped her popcorn bag then retrieved it,
leaving several kernels lying on the floor. Another student dropped a
kernel… without a second thought she picked it up and popped it into
her mouth. “Hey guys, sit down over here. At this end… keep the mess in
one place.” Tom Warner, Chief Watch DOG and popcorn maker at Woodland
Heights Elementary School issued the directive. The kids quickly
complied... read
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Court
News Ohio… H.S.
Students
Showcase Constitutional Knowledge in State Competition
By Stephanie Beougher - January 28, 2014 - Nearly 150 students from six
high schools tackled questions based on constitutional issues in
simulated congressional hearings at the Ohio Statehouse on January 24
as part of the “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution” state
competition, sponsored by the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education.
Months of research and preparation led to the moment when the students
went before the... read
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Rough Winter - Rough Week - To be
a
Firefighter
But
Huber Heights
FD's Andy Rammel makes 130th blood donation
- DAYTON, OH - Ask any firefighter what they think about the Miami
Valley’s relentlessly frigid winter of 2014 and they’ll probably answer
with the same weariness as Huber Heights Firefighter and Arcanum
resident Andy Rammel. “It has not been a fun week,” he
said. “We’ve had a lot of furnace and CO (carbon monoxide)
calls;
Furnaces malfunctioning, not working correctly and... read
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Rumpke
Employees Achieve Safety Milestone
GREENVILLE, Ohio—Jan. 29, 2014—Rumpke employees in Greenville worked
safely through 2013 without a single OSHA recordable injury. “Safety is
a top priority at Rumpke, so we are very proud of this accomplishment,”
said Operations Manager Noel Moomey. Rumpke has operated a transfer
station and truck depot in Greenville since 1989 and employs drivers,
mechanics, equipment operators and office personnel. Current job
postings are available at www.rumpkejobs.com, where... read
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Tiger
Bowlers
Breakfast a Success, despite the weather
On behalf of the entire Versailles Bowling Program, I would like to
thank the Versailles Eagles Ladies Auxiliary #2347 for hosting the
Breakfast at the Eagles on Sunday, January 27th. We appreciate the
support from our community and the surrounding areas to help support
our self-funded Bowling Program. The weather, once again, was beyond
ideal. “We were definitely concerned this would really damper the
turnout. The Versailles Community and surrounding area once again
showed their incredible...
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Visitors
Bureau
supports three events in 2014
GREENVILLE – The Darke County Visitors Bureau released the names of the
recipients of the 2014 Darke County Tourism Grant. This year, three
recipients were chosen. They are: Illumination Festival, Tour de Donut
and a new festival entitled YOLO: Festival of Races. The Illumination
Festival started with a handful of people with a common goal in mind –
to bring the top artists in contemporary... read
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Post
secondary
has advantages, and challenges, By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE – Post secondary education through Edison Community College
has many benefits. It also has challenges. Velina Bogart,
PSEOP
coordinator (Post Secondary Enrollment Options Program), spoke to 30
students and parents about the program on the Edison Darke County
campus Jan. 22. It was an informational meeting designed to explain the
program to students in grades nine... read
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Sidney-Shelby
Chamber awards funding to BBBS
The Sidney-Shelby County Chamber Foundation recently awarded $500.00 to
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke
County.
Big Brothers Big Sisters was chosen to receive funding because of its
continued efforts to make a positive impact in “at risk”
children. The funding will be used for the school
mentoring
program that pairs high school sophomores, juniors and seniors with
elementary aged students twice a month. The High School Mentoring
program known as “Big...
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Cooped
up
inside at recess? No problem! By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE – So how are first graders handling being cooped up in the
classroom during recess? According to their teacher at Greenville’s
Woodland Heights, Mrs. Arnett, they’re handling it fine. “They don’t
seem to mind,” she said. “Actually they prefer being inside when all
they can do is play on the blacktop.” The playground is gravel; when
there’s snow on the ground the kids aren’t... read
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Snow
covered
ground tells of wildlife activity, By Bob
Robinson
GREENVILLE – “See the crows?” On the other side of the trail above the
trees, about 20 or 30 crows were circling. “They found an owl nesting
area. I don’t know why they do it but crows are smart… they could be
just teasing the owls.” Rob Clifford, Senior Naturalist and Educator
for Darke County Parks, pointed out the types of wildlife teeming
throughout Shawnee Prairie, noting the snow covered ground is a good
way to see the... read
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Ohio
Muzzleloader Hunters Bag more than 16,000 Deer
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio hunters braved record-setting cold temperatures and
howling winds to harvest 16,464 white-tailed deer during the state’s
four-day muzzleloader season, Jan. 4-7, according to the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The extreme cold that moved
across the state during the final two days of the season did not deter
some hunters as more than 3,800 deer were checked on Monday and
Tuesday. Counties reporting the highest number of deer checked during... read
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Darke
SWCD
Seeking Nutrient Management Specialist/Ag Technician
The Darke Soil and Water Conservation District is accepting
applications for a Nutrient Management Specialist/Agriculture
Technician until January 31, 2014. This is a full-time,
permanent
position with the District. Workload activities will focus on
the
coordination of specific conservation projects and services as
assigned, installation and maintenance of best management practices,
advising landowners, engineers, etc. on natural resource issues... read
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Monarch
Legacy
Fund awards funding to BBBS
The Monarch Legacy Fund of the Community Foundation of Shelby County
recently awarded $3,000.00 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and
Darke County. Big Brothers Big Sisters
was chosen to
receive funding because of its continued efforts to make a positive
impact in “at risk” children. The funding will be
used for
the school mentoring program that pairs high school sophomores, juniors
and seniors with elementary aged students twice a month and for the
Mentoring Children of Prisoners...
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CBC
recognizes
November & December Donor Milestones
DARKE COUNTY, OH — Community Blood Center congratulates all of the
following donors for reaching their milestones. Thanks to the
generosity of all donors many lives have been saved. Donors are
recognized for their Life Time Donations (LTD) Milestones.
Every
time a donor donates any blood product it is a donation. Life
Time Donations are a total of all your blood product... read
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Community
Supports Gateway Youth
Gateway Youth Programs would like to thank many organizations and the
community participating in the Adopt-a-Child program and helping
families during the past holiday season. Community support
made a
difference in the lives of so many of our community youth in need.
Every year organizations participate by adopting a child or children
for Christmas, supplying them with gifts. This year the... read
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Unique historical asset in one
special place,
By Bob Robinson
GREENVILLE – Among many of Darke County’s “bragging rights,” such as
Darke County Parks, Darke County Center for the Arts, Garst Museum and
more, is a “biological gem” just a few miles east of Greenville on U.S.
36. The crossroad is Arcanum-Bears Mill Road. Just south of the
intersection is Bear’s Mill. It sits on 37 acres of land. Greenville
Creek runs through the land, not only powering the Mill, but offering a
resting place and... read
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St. Mary’s School, January 2014
After the holidays, we finally resumed classes on January 9.
I
don’t believe I have ever returned from a Christmas break more rested
or to a group of students more ready to get back to work.
Counting weekends, (and, yes, I was counting) we had a generous 16-day
break. In addition to those days, we had an unexpected three
extra days due to the extreme cold and snowy conditions present during
the opening days of 2014. It is funny how things happen. Many
of
the area schools were... read
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Creating
an Enforceable Farm Lease, By Sam
Custer, OSU
Extension, Darke County
A farm lease is a valuable transaction for landowners and farm
operators alike, so it is important to ensure that the lease conforms
to Ohio’s legal requirements. Peggy Hall, Assistant Professor,
Agricultural and Resource Law, The Ohio State University has identified
what Ohio law requires for creating a legally enforceable lease: The
lease must be in writing. Enforcing a verbal farm lease is very
difficult in Ohio... read
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Still
Plenty to Do at Ohio State Parks This Winter
Explore nature's beauty with winter hikes at Ohio State Parks -
COLUMBUS, OH – Don’t miss the beautiful scenery on display at all of
Ohio’s 74 state parks throughout the winter. This year, the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) provides a number of
opportunities for scenic hikes and exciting excursions at many parks
across Ohio. “I want to encourage Ohioans to visit state parks and
witness... read
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Almanac…
2014
Long-Range Weather Forecast for Ohio
Valley
As the polar vortex (or whatever that thing was) starts to become a
distant memory… photos shown here as a gentle reminder… you might be
interested in what the Almanac has to say about the next month and a
half. Here’s a summary: Long-Range Weather (Nov. 2013 - Oct. 2014)
available for purchase. Complete 2014 Long-Range Weather Forecast for
the Ohio Valley Region, November 2013 to October 2014 includes
week-by-week details... read
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Hoke named VACC Citizen of the
Year
The Versailles Area Chamber of Commerce (VACC) is proud to announce Ms.
Adela Hoke as their newest recipient of the Citizen of the Year
Award. On Monday, January 27th the VACC
will
ceremoniously award the Citizen of the Year obelisk to Ms. Adela Hoke.
The board received multiple nomination letters for Ms. Hoke.
The
letters had a reoccurring theme emphasizing Adela's stewardship to
church and community, as well as her care for the elderly and... read
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MVCTC Students Organized a
Community Book
Drive
Clayton, Ohio – The Miami Valley Career Technology Center (MVCTC) Early
Childhood Juniors collected over 600 books to be delivered to area
shelters in the community. This was in conjunction with their FCCLA
project Leadership Service in Action. The FCCLA Leadership Service in
Action program guides students to develop, plan, carry out, and
evaluate projects that improve the quality of life in their
communities. Leadership... read
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Did that Cold Spell Cause
Significant
Mortality to Field Crop Insect Pests?
OSU Extension, Darke County, Ohio - On January 6 and 7 Darke County
experienced extreme cold and many of us began to discuss if this was
going to help in the control of the insect issues facing our
crops. Ron Hammond and Andy Michel, OSU Entomologists share
the
following to answer our questions. Normally we have always said that
Ohio seldom gets cold enough to... read
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Greenville
Career Tech Center… “Where
Kids
Matter and Success Happens”
Greenville Career Tech Center, in order to honor outstanding
accomplishments and leadership in Career Tech Education, is proud to
announce the latest honorees for Career Tech Student of the
Month. Sophia Navas Davis, senior member of Financial
Specialist,
Paige Tester, senior member of Engineering Tech Prep, and Kelsi Sleppy,
senior member of Computer Information Systems, received... read
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Cargill
Cares
Awards Funding to BBBS
Cargill has recently made a generous monetary donation to Big Brothers
Bigs Sisters of Shelby and Darke County. This funding will help fund
the after-school mentoring program that pairs high school sophomore,
juniors, and seniors with elementary students twice a month. The High
School Mentoring program, known as “Big Buddies”, is a nine month
commitment where volunteer high school sophomores, juniors and seniors
mentor elementary students two times a month at a local
school.
This year the... read
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Jean
Louise
Thieme Fund supports DCCA Family Theatre Series
The Jean Louise Thieme Children’s Theatre Fund provided its annual HOPE
Foundation grant to Darke County Center for the Arts to support the
Family Theatre Series. Darke County Center for the Arts recognizes the
HOPE Foundation and The Jean Louise Thieme Children’s Theatre Fund for
their support of DCCA’s Family Theatre Series. “DCCA is
pleased
to receive continual generous support from community organizations... read
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Time
is ticking
away… Give Volunteering a TRY!
Do you need a new idea for something to do this year for a New Year’s
Resolution? If so, have you considered volunteering? The Park District
has several volunteer opportunities available for all ages.
Opportunities vary from being indoors to exploring the outdoors all
while enjoying all the different seasons. Join us on Saturday, January
18th at 10AM to see what volunteering with the Park District is all
about. A few opportunities include helping at the reception
desk,
maintaining trails... read
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Reading
Buddies
Make a Difference for You and a Child
Need a New Year’s Resolution – resolve to read with kids and help them
move towards a better future. Reading Buddies”: is a
volunteer
program used by Kids Learning Place Education and Child Care Centers
that places community volunteers that commit to read with children in
the local Head Start and preschool rooms. By reading
regularly
with children in the “Reading Buddies” program you will be... read
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Edward
Jones,
Fry & Co. sponsor DCCA’s ‘A Taste of Wine & Jazz’
Darke County Center for the Arts recognizes sponsors Edward Jones
Investment Representatives Dave Connelly, Andria Haworth, Todd Subler
and Bill Wolke along with Fry & Company Partners Jim
Ward,
Beverly Delk, and Rodney Oda for their support of A Taste of
Wine
& Jazz and the arts in Darke County. According to
DCCA
Artistic Director Keith Rawlins, “This is a great time to get out... read
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Darke
County
Parks and Wal-Mart “Re-Cycle” this Holiday Season
Recently, Darke County Park District and Greenville Wal-Mart manager,
Josh Wagner, partnered up to help make holiday wishes come true for
local children. Wal-Mart donated gently used bicycles to the
Friends of the Darke County Parks Phoenix Committee and they eagerly
went to work repairing the... read
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Greenville
BPW
Club Celebrates Christmas!
Greenville, OH. January 7, 2014 The Christmas
Committee of
the Greenville Business & Professional Women’s (BPW) Club
hosted
the December 12th meeting at St. Clair Place on Third Street in
downtown Greenville. Deb Smith, Shirley Morrow, and Dara Buchy from the
Christmas Committee planned the evening complete with an... read
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Dayton
Power
& Light Donates to BBBS
Dayton Power & Light Foundation has recently made a generous
donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby and Darke
County.
The donation was awarded as a grant to help fund the after-school
Buddies program. The funding comes at an opportune time for the agency,
which now has nearly 80 matches in its High... read
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Kiwanis
Students of the Month, From Susi Halley
The November Kiwanis Students of the Month were Paige Tester and Ryan
Simons. Their families were present to see them presented
with
plaques by Principle Ken Neff at the December 18 meeting. Paige is
class Vice President, Science Club President, Engineering Technology
Treasurer, and is involved in varsity volleyball, basketball, and
calculus, NHS, Band of Pride, Varsity G, Student Council, Spanish Club,
SADD Club, and the... read
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GHS
students visit Darke County Home, Resthaven
Recently Greenville High School (GHS) Financial Specialist students
visited with residents at The Darke County Home and Resthaven.
Throughout the visit students asked the residents about special
Christmas memories then shared a small gift with them. One
resident, Shirley, surprised one of the students when she presented her
with a top that she had hand-stitched. Students in the two-year
Financial Specialist program learn about business... read
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Mitten
Tree
thanks community
Thanks to the generous spirit of the people of our community, the Fish
Mitten Tree has once again provided mittens and gloves to warm the
hands and hearts of children enrolled in Darke County Head Start
programs. This hearty demonstration of the true spirit of Christmas
which lingers long beyond December 25th is very much appreciated.
Special gratitude goes to Aaron and Michele Cox and their staff at
Montage in Greenville and Judy Fourman and her crew at Arcanum’s Ben
Franklin... read
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Local Early Childhood Advisory
Council
needs community reps
GREENVILLE – If you interested in early childhood education issues we
ask that you consider becoming a community representative and share
your voice to help shape an innovative and positive future of our young
children. The Council on Rural Services programs for innovative
learning is a local early childhood education provider and interested
community people are needed to join the early childhood advisory
council. This group has the task of reviewing program design for... read
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Food for Friends Drive
ANSONIA - Ansonia Elementary wanted to give back to the community so
they held a "Food For Friends" food drive for two weeks in December.
Mrs. Fourman's first grade class (pictured) won first place by
collecting the most items and will be treated to an ice cream party.
The Ansonia FFA contributed some boxes of fresh fruit and helped
deliver 1,196 items to the Ansonia United Methodist Church for their
food pantry... read
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Darke County 2014 Official
Visitors Guide
now available
GREENVILLE – Hot off the presses, the Darke County Visitors Bureau
announced the release and distribution of the 2014/2015 Official
Visitors Guide for Darke County, Ohio. “The Official Visitors Guide is
designed to resemble the look and feel of a lifestyle magazine. From
cover to cover, the warm hospitality found in our community is
portrayed through the images of smiling faces, family-friendly events
and our urban-country spirit,” stated Deanna... read
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Woodland
students collect food for FISH
GREENVILLE
- The
students at Woodland Primary collected over 1200
pounds of canned food and $100 in cash donations. The
donations
and food were given to FISH Choice Pantry this year. The
Village
Green is matching our donations and providing a pizza party for the
homeroom from each grade level that brought in the most food.
The
Greenville High School Wrestling Team came to load and deliver the
food. "We are very proud of the... read
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