DCP Volunteers… School field trips
The school bells are ringing, and the students can’t wait to have a
field trip to the Darke County Parks! We are looking for all available
and interested volunteers who are wanting to help the students learn
about Nature. We have a wide variety of school program topics
such as lifecycles of animals, rocks, wetlands, natural resources,
trees, and much more! Our programs meet their school curriculum
standards... read
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Be a Wellness Champion
August 31-October 11 - Be Your Own Health Champion Email Challenge -
Sign up for the Ohio State University Extension, Live Healthy Live Well
6 week Email Wellness Challenge. Two weekly e-mails will be sent
directly to you from your local OSU Extension Family and Consumer
Sciences Professional. Participants will: Set Personal Wellness Goals.
Be encouraged, motivated and supported to achieve your goals... read
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Darke
County Parks… Annual
Prairie Days Pie Baking Contest
Do you think you have the best pie in Darke County? Come find out who
really does! Join the Darke County Park District on Saturday, September
26th for the annual Prairie Days Pie Baking Contest, held at Shawnee
Prairie Preserve (4267 St. Rt. 502 West.) The rules are simple. Have
your pie (or pies if you would like to enter... read
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Edison Stagelight Players Hold
Auditions
The Edison Community College Stagelight Players are holding open
auditions for Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, on Monday, August 31 and
Tuesday, September 1 at 7 p.m. in room 107 at the Piqua Campus. The
Mousetrap is a popular murder-mystery tale based on a group of
strangers who are stranded in a boarding house during the middle of a
snowstorm. Auditions will last approximately two hours and consist of
cold readings from the script. Production dates will run from October
23 through November 1. For more information, contact Emily Beisner at
ebeisner1981@edisonohio.edu
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Ag.
Breakfast Meeting
Ag. Breakfast Meeting, Thursday, September 3, 7:30am, Brethren
Retirement Center's Cafeteria, Greenville (Enter through the Brethren
Retirement Center's main doors, under the awning, and follow the signs
to the cafeteria.) For your calendar: the following month’s meeting
will be October 1, 2015. Sam Custer, Extension Educator, Agriculture
& Natural Resources
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Tri-Village Alumni Baseball Game
October 3 -- The Tri-Village High School Baseball Team will sponsor an
alumni baseball game this fall during School Fair Weekend. Any
Tri-Village alumni baseball player is eligible to participate. The game
will take place on the high school field on Saturday, October 3rd, at
1:00 p.m. Special t-shirts will be awarded to: 1) the oldest player; 2)
the player who came the greatest distance; 3) the class with the most
players; 4) and the player of the game... read
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DIY
Network… American
Rehab
Charleston
Wed., Aug. 26th, 11 pm EST -- The side door of The TV House was one of
three doors that led to the back. I've never hesitated to
relocate or eliminate an exterior door that I felt wasn't working right
on one of my projects. I moved the back doors at both The
Fire
House and The Cottage, and eliminated a door at The Bungalow that was
unnecessary and interfered with foot traffic flow... read
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Friday Sampler has something for
everyone,
By Rhonda Williams, OSU Extension, Darke County
Heading to The Great Darke County Fair? Make plans now to
attend
the Friday Sampler on Friday, August 28, in the Youth Building on the
fairgrounds. This year’s program includes a variety of
speakers,
with something for everyone. The day begins at 9:00am with Quilter
Pepper Cory. Pepper is from North Carolina and will share her
lecture “How to be a more Creative Quilter”, a humorous look at the
myths surrounding artistic creativity. Participants... read
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Wayne HealthCare Offers Group
Lifestyle
Balance Program
Wayne HealthCare is pleased to announce the next offering of the Group
Lifestyle Balance Program. The program is called "Lifestyle
Balance" because it can help individuals reach and maintain a healthy
balance by learning to make lifestyle changes through eating, physical
activity, and behavioral changes. The program will help you learn facts
about healthy eating and being active. Your instructors will
help
by providing support... read
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Hometown
Holiday Horse Parade
The Hometown Holiday Horse Parade, presented by Main Street Greenville,
is now Now Accepting Entries! The 12th Annual Hometown Holiday Horse
Parade will be on Saturday, November 21st. Ohio Magazine readers voted
our parade as the BEST in Ohio for 2015! We are now accepting entries
for the parade. You can click below to submit your form electronically.
If you would... read
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Greenville
Art Guild to hold art show
The Greenville Art Guild will hold its 40th annual art show September
26 through September 30 at Shawnee Prairie Nature Center, 4267 State
Route 502, Greenville, Ohio. All area amateur, professional
or
student artists (age 14-22) are invited to exhibit their original
artwork in the following categories: drawing media,
(graphite,
charcoal, colored pencil, pen and ink), oil, acrylics (executed in the
manner of oils), pastel, water media (transparent... read
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Mission
Ministry Hosts New Year’s Eve Gala
Destination Known, mission ministry of EUM Church in Greenville, Ohio,
is hosting a New Year’s Eve Gala to benefit families living in the
garbage dump communities in Guatemala. The evening will consist of
dinner, dancing and a live auction to be held at Romer’s Catering in
Greenville. Destination Known has been building homes for families over
the past ten years in partnership with Potter’s House Association
Internationa... read
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Wetland Habitat Workshop
Celina, OH - A habitat workshop series is being offered to landowners
wishing to improve wildlife habitat on their property. The
workshop series is sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural
Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife, Division of Forestry,
Pheasants/Quail Forever, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The
Ohio State University Extension, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,
National Wild... read
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OSU
Extension… “Building
Blocks II” parenting class planned
OSU Extension, Darke County, has scheduled a “Building Blocks II”
parenting series. The classes will be held September 23 and
30,
2015, at the OSU Extension Learning Center, 603 Wagner Avenue,
Greenville. The class times are from 6:00-8:00pm.
There is
no fee for this class. This is an adult only series. The
“Building Blocks II” parenting classes are for parents who wish to
develop better parenting skill or parenting techniques for children
ages 7-13 year... read
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Tire
Recycling
Day Near
Tired of looking at those old tires lying around? Not only
are
they an eyesore, they can be dangerous. The Darke County
Solid
Waste District and the Ohio EPA want to help you with your tire
problem. The district and EPA will be sponsoring a used tire
collection on Wednesday, September 23, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. In addition to tires to being an eyesore, they are a nuisance... read
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Donations
needed for Prairie Days
Prairie Days is quickly approaching! Please let us know if
you
can help as we are looking for the following donations for Prairie Days
2015. • Bottle Water • Soda- pop: Coke, Diet Coke, Pepsi,
Diet
Pepsi, Sprite, Mountain Dew • Corn Shocks (please contact us in advance
if item is available) • Fragrant Herbs (please contact us in advance if
item is available) • Pumpkins & Gourds (please contact us in
advance if item is available) • Large Coolers to borrow so we can store
Ice and Pop.... read
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Coffee with the Commissioner
August is Fair month! Since we have the Greatest
County
Fair in the State, and because of that, everybody is at the fair,
this month’s “Coffee with the
Commissioner”
will be at the Great Darke County Fair. I
will be
spending a lot of time at the fair, mostly at the Republican Tent, so
stop on by, say hello, and ask any question you wish. I am scheduled to
be there 3 times, Friday August 21st from.... read
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EUM church offers Fall classes
This Fall, EUM Church is hosting several classes and support groups
that offer enrichment for your spiritual life. Find out how
God
can work in your life and how He wants you to respond. The offerings
include: 12 Christian Beliefs that Can Drive You Crazy –Not everything
believed as a biblical truth is truly biblical. The authors debunk 12
commonly accepted beliefs that cause bondage rather than liberty.
They... read
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Greenville
Municipal Concert Band to Showcase David McKibben and Crooners
The next concert in the park will be given by the Greenville Municipal
Concert Band this Sunday, August 16th at the Marling Band Shell in the
beautiful Greenville City Park. The concert will begin at
7:30
and will be conducted by JR Price. We are proud this week to feature
the vocal stylings of Greenville Graduate, Mr. David
McKibben.
David is a resident of Dayton, Ohio and in high demand as a
professional vocalist, music and theater director... read
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Vacation
Bible
School at Chenoweth Trails
A summer outing in the woods, vacation Bible school, campfire and
s’mores, worship service in God’s great outdoors! The visions
these words bring to mind will be part of the retreat at Chenoweth
Trails the weekend of August 29 and 30, planned by First Presbyterian
Church. “Getting Back on Track” is the theme of the weekend, designed
to give participant a time to reflect... read
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Love
&
Respect Video Conference coming to Greenville
Women need love. Men need respect. It’s as simple and as complicated as
that! Dr. Emerson and Sarah Eggerichs present the Love and Respect
Marriage Conference – a dynamic, high energy, practical seminar
designed to help couples and singles achieve the relationship of their
dreams. Based on Ephesians 5:33 which says, “So again I say, each man
must love his wife as he loves... read
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GTS
to offer
Park & Ride to the fair for $1
GTS (Greenville Transit System) will be offering a fair shuttle service
weekdays 5:00pm to 11:00 pm and the first Weekend 11:00am to
11pm. The shuttle will run from the Martz Street gate (gate
3) to
two locations on a continuous basis. The locations offer free
parking. Drop off and pick up points are: The City Municipal
Building 100 Public Square Greenville, Darke County JFS Offices, 631
Wagner Ave. Greenville... read
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BORM
5k Run for
the Rails
The Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum will be hosting the 4th annual 5 K
Run for the Rails September 12, 2015. The race proceeds will once again
go toward the capital improvements at the museum. The museum is raising
funds to qualify for a $275,000 capital appropriation from the State of
Ohio. The deadline is June 2016 to raise the needed $185,000 to qualify
for the award from the Ohio Construction Facilities Commission... read
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GTS
Fair Shuttle
Greenville Transit System will be offering Park & Ride Service
weekdays from 5pm to 11pm and the first weekend 11am to 11pm.
The
shuttle will run from the Martz Street gate (gate 3) to two locations
on a continuous basis. The locations offer free
parking.
Drop off and pick up points are: Greenville Municipal Building – 100...
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DCCA announces its annual meeting
The Darke County Center for the Arts will hold its annual meeting on
Thursday, September 10, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Meeting
Room on the third floor of the Greenville Public Library, 126 W. Fourth
Street, Greenville. All DCCA members are invited to
attend.
The agenda includes election of officers and trustees and reports from
the last fiscal year. Immediately following the annual
meeting,
the board of trustees will convene for their regular monthly meeting...
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Children’s book sale to be held
Aug. 14-15
Children will enjoy choosing some old favorites and trying some new
adventures at the Friends of the Greenville Public Library Children’s
Book Sale during Library hours, Friday, August 14 and Saturday, August
15. These treasures are available for donation with the
suggested
minimum being a quarter. While waiting for their children to make
selections, adults can browse among... read
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Library Hosts “Poetry Matters”
Greenville Public Library offers an excellent literary blog “Fourth
& Sycamore” written by Librarian David Nilsen. David
has
recently formed a poetry appreciation group called “Poetry Matters”
which first met in July. Here is how he explained it in his
blog:
“As I explained a couple weeks back, Poetry Matters. It has mattered
greatly to my life, and I want it to matter in yours. I’m pleased... read
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Greenville
Municipal Concert Band to Continue Pops in the Park Series
The next concert in the Greenville Municipal Concert Band Pops in the
Park series will take place this Sunday, August 9 at the Marling Band
Shell in the Beautiful Greenville City Park. The Concert will
be
directed by JR Price and will begin at 7:30pm. This week the band will
present a historical tribute to the great music genre of Rock n
Roll. The band will present selections from the roots of rock
starting in the 50's with Bill Haley and Comets... read
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Bradford
church, retired teachers, T-V rescue hold blood drives
The Bradford Church of the Brethren will sponsor a community blood
drive Monday, Aug. 10 from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Bradford High
School auditorium, 750 Railroad Ave. with a splashy water bottle as the
donor gift, plus a chance to win a deluxe Hawaii vacation for two in
the “Get on Board” summer blood drive drawing that will end Aug. 28.
The Darke County Retired Teachers Association will sponsor a community
blood drive... read
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Prairie Days 2015 volunteer signup
Dear Darke County Parks Volunteer(s), Prairie Days 2015, is only a
month away! We have lots of exciting events and activities
planned again this year. Please remember this is a very busy
weekend and every little bit helps to make this festival a
success! Attached you will find a sign-up sheet with the
volunteer opportunities, for the weekend. Please review the
opportunities... read
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Library Film Series for August
Greenville Public Library's “Third Floor Film Series” continues on
August 13 at 7:00 p.m. Host David Nilsen states “We will
feature
The Cincinnati Kid from 1965. Directed by Norman Jewison, the
film showcases an all-star cast featuring Steve McQueen, Edward G.
Robinson, Karl Malden, Ann-Margret, Tuesday Weld, Joan Blondell, and
Rip Torn. “Steve McQueen stars as The Kid... read
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Library sponsors last Lunch on
the Lawn
The Greenville Public Library will once again sponsor the season's last
Lunch on the Lawn, in partnership with Main Street Greenville. The
event will take place THIS Friday, August 7th from 11:30 a.m.
to
1 p.m. on the shaded front lawn of the Greenville Public Library (520
Sycamore Street). Guests can choose to pay $7 for a box lunch from
Romer's Catering or bring their own lunch. One dollar from every lunch
sold... read
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Volunteer
help
needed at fair
DCP Volunteers, We are in need of your help to represent the Darke
County Parks at the Great Darke County Fair! The shifts are 12-2PM,
2-4PM, 6-8PM for each day of the fair(Friday, August 21 thru Saturday,
August 29th). If you are able to assist please let me know.
Also,
while volunteering for the fair we would like for you to wear your
Parks volunteer shirt/ Friends polo shirt. If you don’t have
a
volunteer shirt, please see me! Thanks in advance for all of your help.
Laura Schwieterman, 937-548-0165
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Main Street Greenville… Grote
portraits available at First Friday
Ted Grote Portraits will be available during August First Friday, the
Artisan Stroll. The portraits will be available at ElementsLife Yoga
Studio at 120 W. Third St. from 6-9 pm. Artisan Stroll - If you love
arts and crafts, you won’t want to miss Main Street Greenville’s First
Friday event for August, the Artisan Stroll! The event features over...
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Edison
Community College… Grants
Training Workshop Offered by Edison
Foundation
The Edison Foundation’s Academy for Community Leadership is pleased to
announce that it will once again be offering its popular fall speaker
series. The first of three events will be held on Wednesday, August 12
from 11 a.m.– 2 p.m. at the Piqua campus. The Grants Training Workshop
will begin with a focused and thought-provoking discussion and workshop
with a panel of area foundation executives and will continue with grant
research... read
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