Community
Blood Center… CBC
to begin testing for Zika
FDA advises testing for Zika virus in all donated blood - DAYTON, Ohio
– (Friday, Aug. 26, 2016) Community Blood Center is taking necessary
steps to comply with new recommendations issued by the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration to protect the blood supply against the Zika virus.
The FDA today recommended universal...
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FBI…
Ohio
Inmate sentenced for drug distribution
An Ohio inmate is sentenced to federal prison for running multi-state
drug distribution network from inside prison - The leader of a
multi-state conspiracy that distributed heroin, cocaine and
methamphetamine while he was an inmate inside an Ohio prison was
sentenced to more than six years in prison, law enforcement officials
said. Fernando Auces, 52, was...
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Attorney
General DeWine… DeWine
Warns of
Storm-Chaser Scams Following Severe Weather
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Following the severe weather that hit northwest Ohio
and other parts of the state last night, Ohio Attorney General Mike
DeWine is warning consumers to beware of home repair scams. “Any time
you have tornados, severe thunderstorms, downed trees, or damaged
buildings, there’s a risk of scams,” Attorney General DeWine said.
“Some con artists track severe weather...
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Empowering
Darke County Youth… Dedicated
to
empowering the kids in our community
By Bob Robinson -- August 26, 2016 -- A multitude of sources, including
Education Week, Reading Horizons, the Ohio Department of Education
(ODE) and more, indicate students who are unable to read at grade level
by the end of third grade are more likely to become high school
drop-outs. Factors such as poverty – as found in many areas of Darke
County – increase this likelihood. According to ODE...
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Got
Waterhemp? What now? By Sam Custer
OSU Extension, Darke County - Mark Loux has spent a lot of time
educating and warning about Palmer amaranth, but while we were doing
this, waterhemp has become a more widespread problem. AT the
fair
this past week I was asked what are we going to do about the neighbor’s
waterhemp. Thus I share with you this article containing
Mark... read
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FBI… Take the
Safe Online
Surfing Internet Challenge
What do more than 870,000 students across the nation have in common?
Since 2012, they have all completed the FBI’s Safe Online Surfing (SOS)
Internet Challenge. Available through a free website at
https://sos.fbi.gov, this initiative promotes cyber citizenship by
teaching students in third through eighth grades how to recognize and... read
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DeWine
Warns of
Scams Targeting Students
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—As students head back to school, Ohio Attorney General
Mike DeWine is warning consumers to beware of scams targeting students.
“People of all ages can be targeted by scams. For a student with
limited income, losing money to a con artist can be devastating,”
Attorney General DeWine said. “Our goal is to help people recognize... read
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Red
Cross
seeking virtual volunteers to aid Louisiana
Relief Effort Seeks New Internet-Based Volunteers to Assist 3,000+ in
Shelters. Greenville, OH, August 24, 2016 — The American Red Cross
remains on the ground, with volunteers across nearly half of Louisiana,
helping thousands who lost everything in recent devastating floods—the
worst natural disaster since Superstorm Sandy in...
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Darke SWCD… An
Opportunity to
Help the Monarch Butterfly
Pollinator populations across the country are in decline, including the
Monarch Butterfly. A reduction in the number of milkweed plants in Ohio
and surrounding states and a loss of wintering habitat due to logging,
weather and human encroachment have contributed to the population
decline of the Monarch Butterfly. There are ways that... read
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Darke
County Sheriff’s Office… Injury
accident on St. Rt. 49N
On August 25, 2016 at approximately 3:26 PM Darke County Deputies along
with Rossburg Fire, Ansonia Rescue, Union City Rescue and CareFlight
were dispatched to the 12,400 block of State Route 49 North in
reference to a head on injury accident involving a semi tractor trailer
and a motor vehicle. Preliminary investigation revealed a light blue
2003 Buick Lesabre driven by Christopher A. Wilson, 32 of Winchester,
Indiana... read
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Whirlpool continues expansion in Greenville… Whirlpool Corporation Breaks
Ground on
Factory Distribution Center Expansion
-- BENTON HARBOR, Mich., August 22, 2016 -- Today, Whirlpool
Corporation announced plans to expand its Greenville, Ohio Factory
Distribution Center (FDC), which services all global shipments of
KitchenAid® small appliances. The project -- which will nearly double
the FDC from 327,000 square feet to approximately 650,000... read
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Darke
County Sheriff… Mother
Arrested
for Possession of Meth during Traffic Stop
On August 24, 2016 at approximately 12:18 a.m., a Darke County Deputy
Canine Unit conducted a traffic stop on a 2004 silver Buick Rendezvous
for a lanes of travel violation. The stop occurred near the
intersection of Greenville Celina Road and Childrens Home Bradford
Road. The female driver was identified as Ambre N. Landis (34) of New
Weston, Ohio. Her seven year old child...
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Darke
DD Summer
Youth Program
The “Switching Gears” Summer Youth Program through the Darke County
Board of Developmental Disabilities (Darke DD) helps students focus on
career exploration, employment preparation and life skills.
The
five week program ran Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from July 12
through August 11, 2016 and was open to Darke County...
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Inside Higher Education… Quality
and Noncollege Learning, By Paul Fain
August 17, 2016 -- Education Department announces eight winning
partnerships in experiment to open federal aid to alternative
providers, with a possibly influential new way of assuring academic
quality… The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday revealed the eight
winning applications for an experiment that will free up federal
financial aid for noncollege job training, including offerings... read
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Darke County Sheriff… Rollover
injury accident on S.R. 121
On August 20, 2016 at approximately 1:24 PM Darke County Deputies along
with New Madison Fire, Tri-Village Rescue, New Paris Rescue and
CareFlight were dispatched to the 200 Block of State Route 121 in
reference to a rollover accident with two occupants being ejected from
the vehicle. Preliminary investigation revealed a blue 1999 Ford
Explorer driven by Avery...
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Darke County Sheriff… Update
in
Darke County Fairground Vandalism Case
On the morning of August 18, 2016, detectives from the Darke County
Sheriff’s Office received information from the Darke County Juvenile
Probation Department in reference to the vandalism and thefts at the
fairgrounds. The Probation Officer had recovered stolen
property
from a juvenile suspect that was believed to have come from the
fairgrounds. Detectives...
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The Columbus Dispatch… State
seeks to upgrade drug abuse education for students,
By Alan Johnson - Thursday August 11, 2016 - Legislative leaders and
Attorney General Mike DeWine today began pushing for more effective
ways to educate Ohio students about drug abuse amid an ongoing
epidemic. The 22-member Ohio Joint Study Committee on Drug Use
Prevention Education will have 90 days to study the issue and recommend
solutions to... read
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Court News Ohio… Federal
Law
Makes Medical Marijuana Legal Services Out of Bounds in Ohio
- August 11, 2016 - Ohio lawyers may not ethically provide legal
services to a client who is establishing a medical marijuana business
because of prohibitions in federal law, the Board of Professional
Conduct declared today in anadvisory opinion. Acts contrary to the
Rules of Professional Conduct include assisting a client in the filing
of license applications...
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Darke County Sheriff’s Department… Five transported to Wayne
following
rollover accident
On August 19, 2016 at approximately 1:59 PM Darke County Deputies along
with New Madison Fire, Arcanum Rescue, Tri-Village Rescue, Greenville
Township Rescue and Union City Rescue were dispatched to the
intersection of State Route 503 and Hollansburg-Arcanum Road in
reference to a two-vehicle rollover accident. Preliminary investigation
revealed a silver 2002 Dodge Durango driven...
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Edison State… Edison
DCC
communication students interact with BRC residents
Communications students at Edison State Darke County Campus have been
going into Darke County schools for several years, talking to
elementary and intermediate students about drugs, bullying… even the
values of being courteous and respectful. Edison’s summer Fundamentals
of Communication class entered new territory this...
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Darke County Deputies Investigate
Motor
Vehicle Accident
On Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 12:54 AM Darke County Sheriff's Deputies,
along with Gettysburg Fire Department and Gettysburg Rescue, responded
to a single vehicle injury accident in the area of Gettysburg Pitsburg
Road and Yount Road. Preliminary investigation revealed that Richard
Dillon Medrano (22), of Bradford Ohio, was traveling northbound on
Gettysburg Pitsburg Road near Yount Road...
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Greenville PD to participate in
Drive Sober
or Get Pulled Over
Greenville, OH – The Greenville Police Department will join local and
national law enforcement officers and highway safety advocates all
across the country for the 2016 National DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER
Campaign. During the mobilization, officers will be cracking
down
on motorists, August 19th – September 5th– both day and night. Did you
know? Labor Day weekend brings...
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Akron Beacon Journal… Drug
crisis: Struggle against heroin epidemic draws friends, families of
addicts to huge gathering at Lock 3,
By Nick Glunt -- August 9, 2016 -- While a woman told how her daughter
died of a heroin overdose, a grieving mother in a crowd of a thousand
listeners held a sign depicting her own smiling son. As the speaker
said her daughter’s addict friends opted not to call paramedics for
help, the mother in the crowd, Michelle Chandler, felt her knees
buckle... read
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Darke County Sheriff… Injury
accident on SR 121
On August 11, 2016 at approximately 2:47 PM Darke County Deputies along
with Tri-Village Rescue, New Madison Fire and Indiana University’s Life
Line Helicopter were dispatched to State Route 121 north of US Route 36
West in reference to single vehicle injury accident. Preliminary
investigation revealed a blue 2002 Oldsmobile van driven... read
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DeWine
Issues
Sexual Assault Kit Testing Initiative Update
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released a
status update on the progress of DNA testing being conducted as part of
the Ohio Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Kit (SAK) Testing
Initiative. As of August 1, 2016, 294 law enforcement agencies have
submitted 13,908 kits to be tested as part of the initiative. Forensic
scientists... read
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Ohio Department of Education… Prepared
for Success Component
The Prepared for Success component looks at how well we are equipping
Ohio’s students to take advantage of future opportunities. Just
graduating from high school is not enough. The ultimate measure of a
school’s quality is how well prepared its students are for what comes
next. What's New this Year? Districts and schools will receive... read
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Darke County Sheriff… Tractor-trailer
drives into residence
On August 10, 2016 at approximately 3:45 PM Darke County Deputies along
with Liberty Township Fire, New Madison Fire, Hollansburg Fire and Tri
Village Rescue were dispatched to 937 US RT 36 West in reference to a
semi tractor/trailer that drove through a residence. Upon
arrival
Fire crews called for additional resources from Greenville City Fire,
Union City... read
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IdeaStream… Ohio
Funds Tech
Collaborations in Higher Ed, by Michelle Faust
Tuesday, August 2, 2016 - Representatives from 11 Northeast Ohio
colleges and universities met at the University of Akron Tuesday. The
schools showed off projects that will give their students hands-on
experience for their future careers. Higher education leaders say it’s
hard to teach students how to use state of the art technology when
the... read
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Washington Post… Camp
hopes to
close tech industry gender gap by teaching girls to code,
By Perry Stein - August 9 - One group created a website to help sexual
assault survivors. Another launched an online forum to engage teenagers
in politics. And then there was the educational game that spewed out
facts about the environment as players progressed. By 2020, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics estimates there will be 1.4 million... read
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Ohio Department of Education… Progress
Component
The Progress component looks closely at the growth that all students
are making based on their past performances. Why? We know that not all
children start out at the same place with their learning, but every
student should learn and grow throughout the school year. The Progress
component of the report card looks closely at the growth that... read
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Start Talking! Know!
E-Cigs,
Vape Pens and Throat Hits
7/29/2016 - You have more than likely talked countless times with your
child about the dangers of smoking cigarettes, and the importance of
steering clear of them – and that’s great because teens seem to be
getting it. But while teen smoking has steadily declined, teen vaping
has become all the rage. T1StartTalking.jpghe question now is whether... read
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DeColores
Montessori receives $10,000 Monsanto grant
Greenville, Ohio (June 23, 2016) –Employees from Monsanto Company
recommended the DeColores Montessori School to receive a $10,000 grant
from the Monsanto Fund’s 2016 site grant initiative. Funds from the
grant will be used to renovate an existing structure at the DeColores
Montessori Farm School into a high tech STEM (Science... read
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Why
Summer Jobs
Don't Pay Off Anymore. By Anya Kamenetz
July 25, 2016 - Why can't kids today just work their way through
college the way earlier generations did? The answer to that question
isn't psychology. It's math. A summer job just doesn't have the
purchasing power it used to, especially when you compare it with the
cost of college. Let's take the example of a working-class student at a
four-year... read
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Ohio Department of Education… Diagnostic
Assessments
Ohio’s diagnostic assessments are aligned to Ohio’s Learning Standards.
The primary purpose of the diagnostic assessments is to provide a tool
to check the progress of students toward meeting the standards. The
diagnostic assessments were developed in two formats:
Screener:
measures beginning year skills; Full Measure...
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Darke
County
Fair Steak and Chop Tent, Sam Custer, OSU
Extension
The Darke County Steak and Chop Tent began its operation 25 years ago
as a Cattlemen's Association fundraiser for one night of the
fair. It has morphed over the years to a multi species and
organizations five day fundraiser. The mission is to serve a high
quality product to visitors of The Great Darke County Fair and to put
the profits back in the...
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NFRW
Leaders
Roll through Ohio on U.S. Bus Tour
‘Destination: White House’ Tour Will Register and Rally Voters in 11
Swing States -- COLUMBUS, OHIO – National Federation of Republican
Women (NFRW) leaders made stops in Ohio the week of July 26-30, in
their red, white and blue bus nicknamed “Rosie” to rally communities
and register local residents to vote. NFRW President Carrie Almond was
joined by Ohio Federation of Republican...
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Darke
County Parks… Stolen
Kayaks… Can
you be our eyes and ears?
Sadly, we have to report that we’ve had two of our kayaks stolen
recently. The theft was of two Liquid Logic kayaks, one a red
Remix XP9 and a blackRemix XP10. There were two stickers that
label them as Darke County Parks items, which have likely been
removed. The red boat’s serial number is: LPS01405C212, and
the
black boat’s serial number is: LP500822B212...
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CORN
Newsletter, Beef Letter & Manure Expo,
From Sam
Custer, OSU Extension Darke County
The Ohio State Fair began this week, and as always, Ohio’s Beef Cattle
industry is well represented. After you have a chance to watch the
cattle shows in the Voinovich, be sure to find the best food on the
fairgrounds at one of the two Ohio Cattlemen’s Association sponsored
food stands. In fact, if you’re at the Fair on Monday, August 1, be
sure to stop into the Taste of Ohio Café and say hello to the OSU... read
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