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State
Representative Jim Buchy talking to members and guests at the
Darke County Republican Mens Club. CNO File Photo.
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CNO Celebrates its
First Anniversary
By Bob Robinson
Today marks the “official” one-year anniversary of County News Online.
While articles had been posted as early as late December 2010, and test
runs were made for a limited number of individuals beginning Jan. 10,
2011, the site was not announced to the general public until Jan. 15.
Well over a month was spent in preparation for this inauguration date…
our webmaster Kurt Fritsch setting up the basic structure of the site
and yours truly trying to figure out what the heck he was doing (and
had gotten himself into).
I can’t begin to tell you the number of mistakes that I made and the
number of times I was tempted to put my computer in a closet somewhere
and pretend I had better things to do. Not only is CNO a demanding
“mistress,” she is an unforgiving one. As many current CNO volunteers
have noticed.
I got a lot of help from a lot of people, including moral support.
Thank you to all of you. You know who you are.
When we posted our “Birthday Banner” last night, several people sent
their congratulations and thanks for our service. It was a reward that
made the last year of successes and frustrations worthwhile. One reader
said CNO was the first thing he checked out each day with his morning
coffee. Another told me CNO is the last thing he checks each night
before going to bed.
Good comments. Good feelings. Making our goal of $5,000 in scholarships
to be awarded to local teens in a few months didn’t hurt, either. For
this success we thank our loyal readers and our generous sponsors.
When I decided to write about some of our highlights over the past
year, I began going through our archives. It never dawned on me that
I’d be sifting through literally thousands of stories. I ignored more
stories than I wanted to and still ended up with nearly 150. I ended up
trimming those even more. That still killed the idea of one article for
the year.
So consider this the first of four trips down County News Online’s
Memory Lane. Highlights for January through March included politics,
the Kasich inauguration, Darke County’s drug enforcement kicking into
gear, Boeher’s annual Farm Forum, economic development and the opening
salvos of the SB5 (turned Issue 2) debate.
Remember these? Check them out.
March, 2011
Darke County kidnapping/abduction charged against two, Click here
Revitalizing our State: We’re the bad guys now, in two years… Click
here
GOP Women host Economic Development Update, Click here
Farm Forum focuses on EPA, public awareness, Click here
Faber, Buchy address public union concerns, Click here
Greenville Eighth Grader takes top POP honor, Click here
February, 2011
Darke County Drug Task Force Disrupts Active Drug Lab, Click here
Faber says budget “fix” will hurt, Click here
The Local Unions: Perspective from the Inside, Click here
Unions aren’t the only villains, Click here
A common sense approach, Click here
January, 2011
Kasich Inaugural Ceremony, Click here
Kasich Inaugural Speech, Click here
Greenville Holds first Power of the Pen competition, Click here
Commissioners sign $14.7 million 2011 budget, Click here
Mr. Henry St. Clair, a Community Icon, Click here
Greenville High School – Fact vs Fiction, Click here
Memorial Hall soon to be 100 years old, Click here
To check out archived stories on your own, Click here
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