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GCSD Superintendent Update,
Doug Fries, Superintendent
Spring 2015 - Due to six calamity days used this year, there will be
one student makeup day on June 1st, 2015. With the close of the 2014-15
school year just a month away, it is time to congratulate another group
of outstanding seniors who formally will become graduates on May 30,
2015. Two hundred and sixteen graduates are scheduled to receive their…
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Vice
President Joe Biden… Upskilling
How many folks do you know who feel like they're stuck in their job?
Think about it for a second. They've been working in the same position
for a while. They work hard every day, and take pride in what they do.
But they feel like they're going nowhere in their jobs and have no
options to gain the education and training they need to move up. They
want more for themselves and their families. Maybe it's a friend…
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U.S.
Senator Sherrod Brown… Strengthening
STEM Education
For more than a decade, growth in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) jobs has been three times as fast as growth in
non-STEM jobs. STEM workers play a key role in the sustained growth and
stability of the U.S. economy, and drive Ohio’s innovation. With the
STEM job market expected to continue its rapid growth, U.S. Senators
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Brian Schatz…
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We All Play a Role in
Agricultural
Pollution Abatement, by Janell Weiss and Jared
Coppess
Water quality has long been a concern, and recent events in Lake Erie,
Grand Lake St. Mary’s, Buckeye Lake and the Gulf of Mexico have brought
that concern to the front of people’s minds. Earlier this month, the
Governor signed Senate Bill 1 (SB1) which aims to mitigate harmful
algal blooms in the Western Lake Erie Basin. Amid new…
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From
the Other Side of the Edge…. “If you can’t do the Time, …then
don’t do
the Crime.”
By Joe Facinoli - Police departments everywhere, since the beginning of
civilization, have always counted bullies, cowboys, intimidators,
tormentors, and wannabe tough guys, …among their ranks. So has all of
Society, …since the beginning of time. It’s not right, it’s not fair,
and it’s certainly not civil, …but it is what it is. For thousands of
years. And Society has always…
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GHS - Career Tech Center,
By Jon McGreevey, Director of Business Services & Career
Technology, Greenville City Schools - Greenville High School
Career-Technical Center is focused on preparing students for college,
further skills training, or the workforce. Greenville Career
Tech
programs provide students with an opportunity to gain and improve
skills in communication, problem solving, citizenship, and leadership
skills in a professional environment. Small class…
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Taxes and the Deep Blue See!
By Carla Surber, Treasurer, Greenville City School District
It’s the time of year when all of us go to work each day and turn to
thoughts of taxes. Deductions from our paychecks, estimated taxes and
the amount owed to Uncle Sam are a huge reminder that we live in a
system of government services. We either struggle over the online
filing with a tax package bought at the local store, or hire someone to
do the deed for us. The current system began in 1913…
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The Death
of Divided Government, By Kate
Burch
When Iranian President Hasan Rouhani accused the U.S. Congress of
meddling in the negotiations over his country’s nuclear program, he was
simply reiterating the attitude of the U.S. President.
Rouhani
said that the only parties with any right to be heard are the seven
nations involved in the talks. Now, some may say that his
speech
on Iranian state television shows only that he does not understand…
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U.S.
Senator Sherrod Brown… Helping
Ohio Families Afford College
During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln would meet regularly in the
White House with ordinary Americans, even during the darkest days of
the war. He called these meetings his “public opinion baths.” College
costs are sky-high and climbing. Right now, many families across Ohio
are waiting on their financial aid packages. For many students and their…
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Broke
Wife, Big City… The
importance of being boring,
By Aprill Brandon
It doesn’t happen all at once. I suppose that’s why it happens to so
many people. It just tends to sneak up on you. And by the time you
realize what’s happening, it’s already too late. Suddenly, you’re
boring. I should know. I have completely morphed into the most boring
person alive (even including that guy I met seven years ago who started
every sentence with “Well, actually,” and thought…
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McLean, Sheridan and the
Arlington National
Cemetery, By Susan Olling
An important anniversary occurred earlier this month: General Robert E.
Lee surrendered his army to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox
Court House, Virginia in 1865. I’ve given some thought about
the
characters and locations in the four-year catastrophe that was the
American Civil War. Lincoln, Grant, Sherman and Lee are among
the
most remembered people from that war. Gettysburg…
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From the Other Side
of the Edge…. Hillary,
“The
Jackal”, …Feeds on the Slowest, and Lowest of Prey,
By Joe Facinoli - She was fired in 1974, by the Chief Counsel to the
House Judiciary Committee, for lying, concealing evidence and
precedent, and conspiring to deny legal rights to the President of the
United States, during the Nixon Impeachment Hearings. But
Hillary
Rodham didn’t care, …it was a means to an
end. Her
prey was in sight, and all manner…
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State Representative
Jim Buchy… A
BWC Budget That
Saves Ohioans Dollars
As we continue to move forward with the budget process here in the Ohio
House, I wanted to highlight two of our budget bills that I am
particularly proud of. House Bills 51 and 52, which are the budget
bills for the Ohio Industrial Commission and the Bureau of Workers’
Compensation, respectively, include decreases that will save taxpayer
dollars while still providing…
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U.S. Senator Sherrod
Brown… I’m
Here to Help
During his presidency, Abraham Lincoln would meet regularly in the
White House with ordinary Americans, even during the darkest days of
the war. He called these meetings his “public opinion baths.” That’s
why I travel to each of Ohio’s 88 counties and meet with people from
different backgrounds, and why I believe it’s so important to hear from
you…
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Religious
Intolerance,
By Kate Burch
The uproar following passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
by the Indiana legislature and its signing by Republican Governor Mike
Pence may be making you shake your head. Wasn’t the United
States
of America founded on principles of liberty and God-given human
rights? Doesn’t this law, which is simply the state version
of
the federal law signed by Bill Clinton in 1993, simply afford…
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Broke
Wife, Big City… 9
tips for
successfully baby-proofing your home, By
Aprill Brandon
1. Don’t have a baby. Just like abstinence is the only 100 percent
effective way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, not having a
baby is the only way to 100 percent effectively baby proof your home.
Because no matter what you do, they will figure out a way around it
eventually. And if they can’t, they will find a new, even more creative
way to kill themselves while simultaneously…
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State
Senator Bill Beagle… Ohio
Means
Jobs for Everyone
No matter whether you are a student, a veteran, or simply looking for
new career ideas, Ohio has a great resource to help everyone with their
next move. Ohio’s employment and resource website, OhioMeansJobs.com,
is a one-stop shop to connect Ohioans with resources, tools and
employers. This website is available to any Ohioan, for free, to upload
resumes, create a profile, or simply search for jobs in the area…
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From
the Other Side of the
Edge…. America
Needs Rand
Paul…. (Uh, …do we see a pattern here??),
By Joe Facinoli - It’s the rare moment when I agree with anything that
former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley might utter
(read:
Never), but this time, …he got one right. Last week, on one of the
endless national talking heads TV shows, the erstwhile “tax and spend”
King of all governors (maybe ever), said that the U.S. Presidency…
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It Was a
Pretty Bad Week, By
Kate Burch
Sometimes it’s hard not to be dispirited. First there was the
spectacle of the new fascisti persecuting and financially ruining small
business owners in Indiana in their campaign to force mainstream
acquiescence to the homosexual activist agenda. How is it
that a
small, vicious special interest group, purportedly representing 1-3% of
the population, (though…
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State
Representative Jim
Buchy… The
House Budget is
Taking Shape
Now that April has come, we are starting to get a good look at what
Ohioans can expect from the House budget. We have passed several pieces
so far, including the Transportation and Public Safety, Bureau of
Workers’ Compensation and Industrial Commission budgets. At the end of
the month, we will be voting the full budget out of the House and
sending it to the Senate for further evaluation. The governor’s…
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