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State
Senator Bill Beagle … Helping
Ohio's Job Creators Pay Off Unemployment Compensation Debt
- Some bills we pass in the Ohio Senate generate front-page headlines
and constituent emails by the hundreds, while others travel through the
legislative process with little fanfare. Sometimes it’s legislation
that flies under the radar that makes the greatest impact on the lives
of ordinary Ohioans. Legislation we recently passed to erase Ohio’s
unemployment...
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Answering Life’s Biggest
Questions… Sleeping
with
Children Part II,
By Abigail Fischer and Katie DeLand - Dear A+K, How do my kids know
when I'm completely fatigued? It's like they see how tired I am and
then hide in a tent planning the 3am sabotage. What is going on here
and how do I put on an energized face? Sincerely, Nocturnal Nemesis.
Dear Nocturnal Nemesis, Sleep after having children should be
redefined. Maybe we shouldn't even call it sleep. The...
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“The Donald”
By Truman Bashore
I watched the interview with Donald Trump on 60 Minutes Sunday with
amusement. The interview came from his three floor apartment
at
the Trump Tower. It was difficult following his interview
because
he spoke from his gold laced chair. The brightness was
blinding.
This is a man who wants to make “America Great Again” and doesn’t have
the decency...
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State
Representative Jim Buchy… Medical Marijuana in Ohio: What’s
Ahead?
During my time in the state legislature, I have fought tooth and nail
to protect families all across our state. As you may know, Governor
Kasich recently signed into law House Bill 523, which legalizes
medicinal marijuana and establishes the Marijuana Control Program to
regulate its use. In spite of my opposition to creating any means of
legalizing marijuana, there...
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ODE… State leaders urge schools to
help fight
drug abuse
7/7/2016 - State officials including Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Lt. Gov.
Mary Taylor, Attorney General Mike DeWine and Ohio legislative leaders
recently sent letters to all school superintendents in Ohio to share
tools and information with teachers, counselors and parents in an
effort to fight the deadly opioid epidemic. Among other things, the
letter...
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An Excess
of Caution, By Kate Burch
Recently General Mills, “in an excess of caution,” has voluntarily
recalled, more than ten million pounds of flour, and also some baking
mixes containing the targeted lots of flour, because of the possibility
that the flour was contaminated with a particular strain of E. coli
bacteria. This bacteria causes acute gastrointestinal
symptoms,
sometimes...
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Edison
Student Commentary… “The
Human Cost of an Illiterate Society”
By Lincoln Rapp
Jonathan Kozol wrote this essay in an attempt to describe the
challenges that illiterate people face every day and the effect
illiteracy has on the country as a whole. He writes that most
illiterates do not vote. Those that do, usually do not
consider
the character or policies of the candidate they choose and are easily
swayed by the opinions of others...
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Answering
Life’s Biggest Questions… Beach Vacays,
By Abigail Fischer and Katie DeLand
Dear A&K - I am currently in the process of packing for our
beach
vacation, and I want it to be as magical as it is in my head.
I
know this isn't very realistic, so please give some suggestions on how
to NOT make it a disaster. Sincerely, Flip-Flopped in Ohio - Dear Flip:
First, let's be clear: getting there is half the
battle.
Please refer to our earlier...
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Keep Your
Kids Drug-Free This Summer,
by Sarah Smith, Director of Start Talking! Youth Drug Prevention
Initiative - 7/7/2016 - Summer break is upon us, and for tweens and
teens this means no homework, plenty of free time and less supervision.
While a majority of youth will find healthy ways to keep busy, some,
unfortunately, will use their unsupervised freedom to experiment with
drugs and alcohol. Now that your kids are no longer in school, how...
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Empowering
Darke County Youth… Learning
from our kids, By Bob
Robinson
I have trouble remembering names. No matter how hard I try, I can spend
16 weeks working with 15 or 16 students in a classroom and, if I’m
lucky – I mean really lucky – I’ll know 10 or 12 of them. Compound that
with two, three or four classes, and I’ll know the names of maybe a
third of students I’d seen twice a week for nearly four months.
Sometimes a student will be the victim of some kind...
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Senator
Sherrod Brown… Allowing
All Our Children to Reach Their
Full Potential
Two years ago, President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper
challenge, with the goal of expanding opportunities for a group that is
far too often left behind in this country — boys and young men of
color. The President and his team have reached out to cities across the
country, to find people committed to ensuring all Americans have access
to...
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Edison
Student Commentary… Investigative
Discovery: “The Vanishing
Women”,
By Heather Lee - “The Vanishing Women” is an investigative documentary
about the disappearances and murders of six women in the small town of
Chillicothe, Ohio. The first disappearance happened in May of 2014. The
authorities and the town had no idea in early months of the
disappearances that it would happen again and again and with no answers
in sight. Four of the six...
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Edison
Student Commentary… The
Human Cost of an Illiterate Society,
By Savannah Hill
The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society is an essay that gives
information on the dangers of having an illiterate society and the
problems we face because of it. This essay attempts to describe the
incalculable moral price paid by people individually and by the nation
as a whole, as a result of illiterate Americans. The national Institute
for Literacy estimated that 22 percent of adult Americans, about 42
million...
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Acting Stupidly,
By Kate Burch
Human beings very early learn and begin to implement behaviors that
will help them to minimize risk and optimize safety. Some
examples: infants who are just beginning to crawl possess
depth
perception and an awareness of danger of falling so that they will not
venture onto a sheet of glass covering a depression; at eight or nine
months...
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Edison
Student Commentary… The
Brexit Vote, By Heather Lee
The historical vote took place on June 23rd and Britain voted to leave
the European Union. Brexit mirrored the state of many economies all
over the world, the U.S. included. People are frustrated with the
status quo in politics. The reasons that the Brits’ voted to leave the
EU are almost identical to the reasons people are supporting Donald
Trump...
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