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TUESDAY, APRIL 19,
2011 - XENIA MAN DONATES ORIGINAL 1912 PROGRAM
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Original Memorial
Hall Program Donated to DCCA
Fort GreeneVille Chapter
DAR joins Celebration Planning
An original Dedication Program for Henry St. Clair Memorial Hall, dated
Friday, May 3, 1912, has been donated to Darke County Center for the
Arts for its two-day Centennial Celebration planned for May 4-5 next
year. It was donated by Todd Blocher of Xenia, and will be donated to
Garst
Museum following the Celebration. The event featured then Governor of
Ohio, Judson Harmon, as the main
speaker. Entertainment in 1912 included Mann’s Orchestra and the Girls’
Chorus... Read
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EARLY
BIRD, CNO THANKED BY TEEN
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The value of writing
by Elizabeth Horner
Thank you to the Early Bird Newspaper and County News Online for
welcoming the Teen Scribes of Darke County and giving us a forum for
our voices to be heard. Teen Scribes wants to welcome students
who want to try their hands in creative writing and journalism. Teen
Scribes hopes that as a group, we can promote writing as a form of self
expression, to become more familiar with our own thoughts, feelings,
hopes... Read
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SENT BY A
READER WHO REMEMBERS...
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New York
Magazine... What It’s Like to Be
a War Horse
It takes a lot of work to be one of the war horses in the hit play War
Horse, now on at Lincoln Center. The play, about a boy whose beloved
horse is sent off to battle in World War I, features large, life-sized
horse puppets, which require three men each to operate. Each horse was
made by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, of Handspring Puppet Company in
Cape Town, South Africa, and... Read
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MOTHER OF THE
MUNCHKINS
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The
Ghoulbus
By Bethany J. Royer
The munchkins and I were standing at the corner one fine school morning
when the most ancient of buses pulled up alongside of us. Really, it
was so old the windows were dusty, a couple of moths hovered over a
back seat and there were cobwebs galore between and under every seat.
(Okay, so the latter was imagined, but still...) A mental picture
quickly followed of one Ms... Read More. See More Opinion. |
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GOP TO TURN US
INTO THIRD WORLD COUNTRY
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Daily Events...
Republicans a
Bunch of Wimps
Fridays with Erick Erickson
Forget the oft used analogies of the “Stupid Party” and “Evil
Party.” While the Republicans may still be stupid and the
Democrats evil, it is increasingly clear that the Republicans are a
bunch of wimps. In the past week, Democrats have said the Republicans
want women to die and old people to starve. They’ve accused the
GOP of hurting kids. Barack Obama himself has entered... Read More. See More Blogs. |
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| NOTES
FROM
THE
EDITOR - TODAY IS TUESDAY, APRIL 19,
2011,
2011 |
Some great local news and commentary today… DCCA gets a 1912 original
program and Fort GreeneVille DAR joins in Memorial Hall Centennial
planning; Elizabeth Horner expands Teen Scribes program and Mother of
the Munchkins is back. Enjoy. In News:
Treasurer Mandel Presents the “Real Money, Real World” Simulation;
Senators: New Deficit Reduction Plan Will ‘Make Everybody Mad’;
Kasich’s indecision impacts Cincinnati casino; Obama’s Debt Plan Sets
Stage for Long Battle Over Spending. Blogs:
New Media Catches Obama Bribing the Fourth Estate; NASA changed signals
on Ohio, Midwest; Made-up problems. Obituaries:
Phyllis M. Honeycutt. For
Yesterday's Home Page Click Here.
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